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Phantom orbit : a thriller / by Ignatius, David,1950-author.;
Working in secret for years to solve the puzzle in the writings of the 17th-century astronomer Johannes Kepler, Ivan Volkov, after the loss of his son and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, makes the fraught decision to contact the CIA, risking his life to help stop the Doomsday clock.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Novels.; Puzzles; Satellites; Scientists; Space warfare;
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Galaxies : immense star islands / by Jefferis, David.;
What is a galaxy? -- Where did galaxies come from? -- Looking at the Milky Way -- How big is the Milky Way galaxy? -- Where are the Milky Way's stars formed? -- What kinds of nebula are in our galaxy? -- What lies in the core of the Milky Way? -- How big is the galactic halo? -- Beyond the Milky Way -- What is the Local Group? -- Can galaxies collide? -- What is an active galaxy? -- How many galaxies are there? -- Young astronomer -- What galaxies can I see at night?
Subjects: Galaxies;
© c2009., Crabtree Pub.,
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Astronomy / by Lippincott, Kristen,1954-; Stott, Carole.;
Looks at the history of astronomy, identifies important astronomers, and summarizes what is known about the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars.LSC
Subjects: Astronomy;
© 2013., DK Pub.,
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Hot planets : Mercury and Venus / by Jefferis, David.;
Introducing the hot planets: What are hot planets? -- How old are Mercury and Venus? -- How do the two planets compare? -- Focus on Mercury: What was the first probe to Mercury? -- Are there spiders on Mercury? -- Could I stand on Mercury's surface? -- What is Mercury's Caloris basin? -- Closer look at Venus: Why is Venus called the 'hell planet?' -- Are there hurricanes on Venus? -- How many volcanoes are on Venus? -- What are arachnoids? -- Young astronomer: Can I observe the hot planets? -- Hot planets database: Facts and figures.Introduction to the planets Mercury and Venus, the two planets in our solar system closest to the sun.
Subjects: Planets.;
© c2009., Crabtree Pub.,
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Gas giants : huge far off worlds / by Jefferis, David.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.Introducing the gas giants: What are gas giants? -- What's inside Uranus and Neptune? -- How do we know about these planets? -- Focus on Uranus: Why does Uranus roll instead of spin? -- How many rings does Uranus have? -- How warm is a summer day on Uranus? -- What are the moons of Uranus like? -- A closer look at Neptune: How long is a year on Neptune? -- What are the Great Dark Spots? -- How faint are the rings of Neptune? -- What is the biggest moon of Neptune? -- Young astronomer: How can I observe Uranus and Neptune? -- Gas giants database: Facts and figures.A study of the planets Uranus and Neptune.
© c2009., Crabtree Pub. Co.,
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Star spotters : telescopes and observatories / by Jefferis, David.;
When did people first observe the skies? -- Why is much of the universe invisible? -- How fast does light travel through space? -- How does an optical telescope work? -- Are big telescopes better than small ones? -- Why is radio astronomy so important? -- Observing outer space -- How do we find out about the sun? -- What can the Hubble Space Telescope see? -- Where do we look for infrared targets? -- What is X-ray astronomy? -- What are astronomy's new frontiers? -- Young astronomer -- How can I go star spotting? -- Database -- Facts and figures -- Glossary, going further.
Subjects: Telescopes; X-ray astronomy;
© c2009., Crabtree Pub.,
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Midsomer murders. [videorecording] / by Dudgeon, Neil.; Graham, Caroline,1931-; Hughes, Jason,1971-; Langton, Simon.; Martin, Nicholas.; True-May, Brian.; All 3 Media International (Firm); Bentley Productions (Firm); RLJ Entertainment.;
Written in the stars -- The Sicilian defense -- Schooled in murder.Jason Hughes, Neil Dudgeon.Written in the Stars: The death of an amateur astronomer during a total eclipse of the sun shines light into some dark corners of the star-gazing community in Midsomer Stanton. The Sicilian Defence: Star-crossed lovers and championship chess intersect as the detectives search for a killer who leaves a chess notation at the scene of the crime. Schooled in Murder: A series of gruesome murders appears to be related to secret plans to modernize the dairy that produces the famous Midsomer Blue.PG.DVD; region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Barnaby, Chief Inspector (Fictitious character); Criminal behavior; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Detectives; Murder; Murderers;
© c2014., Distributed by RLJ Entertainment,
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Death in paradise. [videorecording] / by Jackson, Shantol,actor.; Julian-Jones, Candida,television producer.; Little, Ralf,1981-actor.; Miles, Tahj,actor.; Thorogood, Robert,creator.; Warrington, Don,actor.; BBC Studios,publisher.; Red Planet Pictures (Firm),production company.;
Ralf Little, Don Warrington, Shantol Jackson, Tahj Miles, Ginny Holder, Elizabeth Bourgine.The sun-soaked, smash-hit whodunnit returns for more murder mysteries with a light touch and a warm heart. DI Neville Parker has more crimes to solve on the blissful island of Saint Marie, kicking off with the mysterious death of a celebrity astronomer. And on a quiet hillside on the island, a bunch of Preppers is digging in for the apocalypse when one of them is killed. There's also a baffling killing on a boat, a famous singer who finds herself under suspicion, a shocking murder at a wedding, and a simple domestic murder, that turns out to be Neville's greatest-ever challenge.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television cop shows.; Television crime shows.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal investigation; Murder; Police;
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Horizons : a global history of science / by Poskett, James,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A radical retelling of the history of science-The Silk Roads for science We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. The history of science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour. Copernicus relied on mathematical techniques borrowed from Arabic and Persian texts. When Newton set out the laws of motion, he relied on astronomical observations made in India and Africa. When Darwin was writing On the Origin of Species, he consulted a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopaedia. And when Einstein was studying quantum mechanics, he was inspired by the young Bengali physicist, Satyendra Nath Bose. Horizons pushes the history of science beyond Europe, exploring the ways in which scientists from Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific fit into this global story.
Subjects: Science;
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All the queen's spies / by Clements, Oliver,1972-author.;
"The "lively" (The New York Times) Agents of the Crown series continues with this thriller about Queen Elizabeth I's advisor John Dee in a race to save the Empire with the help of a mysterious manuscript that offers global power. With rumors of the end times swirling, philosopher and astronomer John Dee travels to Prague in an effort to prevent one of Catherine de Medici's seductive ladies-in-waiting from luring the Holy Roman Emperor into a crusade against England. To convince the famously occult-loving Emperor to join his side, Dee entices him with the esoteric Book of Secrets, a volume that, if decoded, could provide the chance to control the levers of heaven and earth. But Dee faces enemies at every turn, including a female codebreaker who could be the undoing of Dee and the British Empire"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603; Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612; Dee, John, 1527-1608;
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