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Category Archives: geology
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 Origin of Man – Nesturkh
In this post, we will see the book The Origin of Man by M. F. Nesturkh. About the book The primary purpose of this book is to provide readers with concrete facts, drawn from present-day biology, to serve as proofs … Continue reading
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Tagged ANTHROPOGENESIS, biology, brain, evolution, foreign languages publishing house, Genealogy, heidelberg man, human, ice age, labour, limbs, man, moscow, neanderthals. palaeolithic, PALAEANTHROPI, primitive, race, racism, science, soviet
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Can Man Change The Climate? – Borisov
In this post, we will see the book Can Man Change The Climate? by P. Borisov. About the book: This book examines the ways to solve the very important problem of improving the climate and reducing agriculture’s dependence on Nature … Continue reading
Posted in books, geology, meteorology, progress publishers, science, soviet, technology
Tagged air, arctic ocean, atlantic ocean, climate change, Climatic Amelioration, dams, geology, glaciation global warming, glaciers, global, global ocean, gulf streams, ice, ice age, Laws of Climatic Changes, manmade, meteorology, pressure, progress publishers, rainfall, sea currents, soviet science, water, weather, winds
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The Earth in the Universe – Fedynskii (Ed.)
In this post, we will see the book The Earth In The Universe edited by V. V. Fedynskii. About the book: The space age was initiated on 4 October 1957, when the first Soviet artificial satellite was launched. Then, between 1961 and … Continue reading
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Tagged astrophysics, atmospehre, cosmology, earth, earth science, evolution, galaxies, organic matter, paleomagnetism, planets, radiation, science, solar flares, solar system, soviet, space science, sun, universe
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Traces of Bygone Biospheres – Lapo
In this post, we will see the book Traces of Bygone Biospheres by A. V. Lapo. The book is an introduction to the ideas of the biosphere which were first proposed by remarkable Soviet scientist V. I. Vernadsky. The book explores his ideas and … Continue reading
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Tagged biogeochemistry, biology, biopsphere, eco system, ecology, evolution, forces, fossils, geochemistry, geography, geology, history, life, life sciences, nature, radiogeology, systems
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Geochemistry for Everyone – Fersman
In this post we will see Geochemistry for Everyone by Alexander.E.Fersman This book is neither a fascinating novel nor a scientific treatise. It is built according to a special plan. One after another its four parts pass from general problems … Continue reading
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Tagged atoms, chemical elements, geochemistry, geology, mendelev
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Origin And Development Of Life On Earth – Voitkevich
After a long break in the Science for Everyone Series we come to one of the remaining titles in this series. This one is titled Origin and Development of Life on Earth by G. Voitkevich. This is a sort of … Continue reading
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Tagged biosphere, evolution, history, life, origin, population
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The Riddles of Three Oceans – Kondratov
We now come to a book titled The Riddles of Three Oceans by Alexander Kondratov. As the title suggests the book is about mysteries which are scattered throughout the three major oceans, namely, Atlantic, Pacific and the Indian. In this … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, archaelogy, atlantis, civilizations, easter, islands, liguistics, mysteries, oceans
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