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Tag Archives: astronomy
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
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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 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
Travel To Distant Worlds – Gilzin
We now come to Travel to Distant Worlds by Karl Gilzin. This is a very optimistic book about future, written at just the beginning of space age. The youth throughout the world have been manifesting a great … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, books, soviet
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Updates…
The link for All About The Telescope has been updated. This is a major revision from the earlier link, in terms of quality. The download size is about ~118 MB. Update 2: gnv64 has made a (much) smaller version of … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, children, telescope
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Science for Everyone – In The World of Binary Stars
In the Science for Everyone series we now go to a journey In The World of Binary Stars by V. M. Lipunov. This book discusses many things about the binary stars and the exotic things that they can lead to. … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, binary, books, light curves, mir publishers, pulsars, radio, stellar structure, x ray
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Science for Everyone – Our Planet – The Earth
The book in this post is titled Our Planet – The Earth by A. V. Byalko. The book is wonderfully written and well illustrated. This is a book which mingles with a lot of disciplines and presents us with a better … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, climate, earth, geology, physics, popular science, sun
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