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Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets

By: Andrew S. Rivkin

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Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets

By: Andrew S. Rivkin

Geared toward students, this guide provides an overview of the small bodies that orbit the sun. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets—those small bodies that revolve the Sun—and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets is an excellent first step for researching the exciting scientific discoveries of the smallest celestial bodies in the solar system. The book will introduce students to all of the areas of research surrounding the subject, answering many intriguing questions. It defines a dwarf planet and explains why Pluto is one. It looks at how such small bodies form, what they are made of, and what kind of atmospheres might they have. And it asks—and answers—whether asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets present a hazard to the Earth or to spacecraft.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313344337

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9780313344336

Guide to the Universe: Inner Planets

By: Jennifer A. Grier Ph.D.,Andrew S. Rivkin

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Guide to the Universe: Inner Planets

By: Jennifer A. Grier Ph.D.,Andrew S. Rivkin

An expert in planetary sciences offers an accessible synopsis of scientific knowledge about the celestial bodies with which we are most familiar—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers the inner planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Thematic chapters discuss all of the many areas of astronomical research surrounding each subject, providing readers with the most up-to-date understanding of current knowledge and the ways in which it has been obtained. Like all of the books in this series, Inner Planets is scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind. It is an excellent first step for researching the exciting scientific discoveries of the Earth and its closest neighbors.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313344310

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9780313344312

Airless Bodies of the Inner Solar System

Understanding the Process Affecting Rocky, Airless Surfaces

By: Jennifer Grier,Andrew S. Rivkin

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Airless Bodies of the Inner Solar System

Understanding the Process Affecting Rocky, Airless Surfaces

By: Jennifer Grier,Andrew S. Rivkin

Airless Bodies of the Inner Solar System: Understanding the Process Affecting Rocky, Airless Surfaces focuses on the airless, rocky bodies in the inner solar system as a host unto themselves, with a unique set of processes that require a specific set of investigative techniques. The book allows readers to understand both the basic and advanced concepts necessary to understand and employ that information. Topics covered past exploration of these surfaces, changes with time, space weathering, impact cratering, creation and evolution of regolith and soils, comparison of sample and remote sensing data, dust characterization, surface composition and thoughts for future exploration. Together these authors represent the unique combination of skills and experience required to produce an excellent book on the subject of the surfaces of airless, rocky bodies in the solar system, which will be useful both for graduate students and for working scientists. - Written by experts with a unique combination of skills and experience on the subject of the surfaces of airless, rocky bodies in the solar system - Addresses the unique nature of airless bodies not done in any other reference - Organized into subjects that can be easily translated into classroom lecture points - Represents topics that scientists will want to pinpoint and browse

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296

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Elsevier

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0128092823

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9780128092828

Policies, Programs and People that Shape Innovation in Housing

By: Andrew P. McCoy,Andrew R. Sanderford

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Policies, Programs and People that Shape Innovation in Housing

By: Andrew P. McCoy,Andrew R. Sanderford

Businesses, consumers, industry groups, and governments understand the importance of innovation and the innovation process for continued economic success and improvements in quality of life. However, innovation remains an opaque topic. A paradox exists in housing at-large; using innovation is vital yet accounting for the value to individual organizations remains a challenge. This paradox is supported by a landscape that includes a sizeable graveyard of failed attempts at innovation on grand and small scales. This book seeks to decrease the opacity of innovation processes in residential construction and housing. Along with the next book in the collection, this book addresses key questions pertinent to the potential for widespread diffusion of green buildings and for improvements in community sustainability. The overarching purpose of this book is to provide context and foundation for later books in the collection and to assist readers in peeling back the complex layers of innovation in housing and residential construction.

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Momentum Press

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1606505610

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9781606505618

Book's by Andrew S. Rivkin

Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets

Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets

Guide to the Universe: Inner Planets

Guide to the Universe: Inner Planets

Airless Bodies of the Inner Solar System

Airless Bodies of the Inner Solar System

Policies, Programs and People that Shape Innovation in Housing

Policies, Programs and People that Shape Innovation in Housing

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