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Category Archives: astronomy
A picture book of astronomy – Levin, Radlova
In this post, we will see A picture book of astronomy by Boris Levin and Lidia Radlova. About the book The book has several topics in basic astronomy in the form of questions and answers (total 16). Each question is … Continue reading
How people discovered the Shape of the Earth – Tomilin
In this post, we will see the book How people discovered the Shape of the Earth by A. Tomilin. About the book What is the shape of the Earth? An odd question, isn’t it? The world’s a globe. It’s round. … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, history, raduga publishers, science, science for everyone
Tagged earth, flat, folk theories, geography, geoid, geology, gravity, greek, history of science, maps, measurement, people, shape, syene, travel
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Essays About the Universe – Vorontsov-Vel’yaminov
In this post, we will see the book Essays About the Universe by Boris A. Vorontsov-Vel’yaminov. About the book: This book by a prominent Soviet astronomer and imaginative interpreter of the history and latest knowledge of astronomy, an age-old science … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, mir books, mir publishers, physics, science
Tagged astronomy, astrophysics, atoms, black hole, comets, cosmology, death, energy, fusion, galaxies, meteorites, meteors, mir books, moon, neutron stars, physics, planetra nebulae, planets, quasars, radio, sky, solar system, solar wind, spectrum, stars, sun, telescopes, universe, x ray
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The Moon and Man – Rebrov, Khozin
In this post, we will see the book The Moon and Man by M. Rebrov and G. Khozin. About the book The day is not far off when a spaceship will land on one of the moon’s vast plains and the first earthmen … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, engineering, mir books, mir publishers, peace publishers, physics, science, soviet, technology
Tagged astrodynamics, astronauts, fables, gravity, lunar, mission, moon, outer space, robots, rocket, soviet, space, space travel, vehicles
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The Quiet Sun – Pushkov, Silkin
In this post, we will see the book The Quiet Sun by N. Pushkov and B. Silkin. About the book: How can events 150 million kilometres away affect us here on earth? But if you have ever complained of poor radio … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, engineering, geology, history, meteorology, mir books, mir publishers, physics, science, soviet
Tagged astronomy, auroras, earth, galileo, history, international quiet sun year, iqsy, magnetic fields, magnetism, northern lights, physics, solar, solar radiation, sunspots
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A Planet of Riddles – Novikov
In this post, we will see the book A Planet of Riddles by E. Novikov. About the book (from the back cover): This book is about our planet, the Earth we know so well. But is it then a planet of riddles? … Continue reading
The Nine Colours of The Rainbow – Steinhaus
In this post, we will see the book The Nine Colours of The Rainbow by A. Steinhaus. About the book (from the front jacket) Have you ever stopped to think how many colours there are in a rainbow? Seven or, perhaps, nine … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, electronics, mir books, mir publishers, physics, science, technology
Tagged camera, cinematography, electronics, eye, lasers, light, mir books, mir publishers, optics, photography, photons, physics, steinhaus, television, vision
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Selected Questions and Problems in Physics – Gladkova, Kutylovskaya
In this post we will see Selected Questions and Problems in Physics by R. Gladkova and N. Kutylovskaya. About the book This collection of questions and problems in physics is in tended for the students of correspondence courses and evening classes in … Continue reading
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Tagged electrodynamics, mechanics, mir publishers, optics, physics, problems and solutions, thermodynamics
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Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Reactors – Klimov
In this post we will see Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Reactors by A. Klimov. About the book: The book covers different aspects of nuclear physics. In chapters 1 to 4 basics of nuclear physics and interactions of elementary particles are … Continue reading
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Tagged antimatter, atomin nuclei, chain reaction, critical mass, diffusion of neutrons, dosimetry, elementary particles, fast reactors, heavy water reactors, interactions, light water reactors, non-critical reactor, nuclear physics, nuclear reactors, physics, quantum mehcanics, radiation shielding
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Something Called Nothing – Podolny
The present book relates the history of views, the development of ideas, often ones that are still in the making. In this post we will see a book about nothing! The curios title of the book is Something Called Nothing … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, history, mathematics, mir books, mir publishers, physics, science, soviet
Tagged dirac sea, elementary particles, ether, fields, history of science, mir publishers, neutrino, physics, planck length, popular science, quantum mecha, vacuum, void
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