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The Georgian Star

How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

By: Michael D. Lemonick

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The Georgian Star

How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

By: Michael D. Lemonick

In 1781, William Herschel won international fame for discovering Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. In documenting a new planet - something no one had done since the dawn of civilization - he expanded our perception that we are part of something much greater than the immediately visible solar system." "Herschel remains most famous for this discovery, but, as The Georgian Star makes vividly clear, he accomplished much more. After a successful career as a professional musician, he turned his attention to astronomy in his mid-thirties. With his sister Caroline as a partner, he pioneered techniques that are still used by astronomers today. The Herschels were the first to map the night sky, listing and categorizing every object they could see. To do so, they built a massive, forty-foot-tall telescope under the patronage of King George III. They were also the first to propose that the visible stars surrounding our little planet are only a fraction of those that make up a continually evolving universe. William's restless intelligence led further still, to the discovery of infrared radiation - invisible radiation that has a wavelength longer than microwaves but shorter than that of visible light. Caroline assembled an exhaustive catalog of nebulae, the beautiful, cloudy assemblages of dust and stellar light." "Erudite and accessible, The Georgian Star is a lively portrait of the pair who invented modern astronomy."--BOOK JACKET.

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The Perpetual Now

A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love

By: Michael D. Lemonick

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The Perpetual Now

A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love

By: Michael D. Lemonick

In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson—a renowned artist who regularly produced covers for The New Yorker, a gifted musician, a skilled amateur pilot, and a joyful presence to all who knew her—lives in a "perpetual now." Lonni Sue has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. Remarkably, however, she retains much of the intellect and artistic skills from her previous life. As such, Lonni Sue's story has become part of a much larger scientific narrative—one that is currently challenging traditional wisdom about how human memory and awareness are stored in the brain. In this probing, compassionate, and illuminating book, award-winning science journalist Michael D. Lemonick tells the unique drama of Lonni Sue Johnson's day-to-day life and explains the groundbreaking revelations about memory, learning, and consciousness her unique case has uncovered. This is his nuanced and intimate look of the science that lies at the very heart of human nature.

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1101872535

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The Light at the Edge of the Universe

Dispatches from the Front Lines of Cosmology

By: Michael D. Lemonick

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The Light at the Edge of the Universe

Dispatches from the Front Lines of Cosmology

By: Michael D. Lemonick

Will the universe expand forever? Or will it collapse in a Big Crunch within the next few billion years? If the Big Bang theory is correct in presenting the origins of the universe as a smooth fireball, how did the universe come to contain structures as large as the recently discovered "Great Wall" of galaxies, which stretches hundreds of millions of light years? Such are the compelling questions that face cosmologists today, and it is the excitement and wonder of their research that Michael Lemonick shares in this lively tour of the current state of astrophysics and cosmology. Here we visit observatories and universities where leading scientists describe how they envision the very early stages, the history, and the future of the universe. The discussions help us to make sense of many recent findings, including cosmic ripples, which supply evidence of the first billionth of a second of the universe; anomalous galactic structures such as the Great Wall, the Great Void, and the Great Attractor; and the mysterious presence of dark matter, massive but invisible. Lemonick assembles this information into a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of modern cosmology, and a portrait of its often contentious practitioners. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400864054

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Mirror Earth

The Search for Our Planet's Twin

By: Michael D. Lemonick

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Mirror Earth

The Search for Our Planet's Twin

By: Michael D. Lemonick

Traces the ongoing story of the race to find an Earth-like planet capable of sustaining life as we know it, profiling emerging technologies that are improving the science community's abilities to locate planets while surveying the achievements of leading exoplaneteers. 20,000 first printing.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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080277900X

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9780802779007

Echo of the Big Bang

By: Michael D. Lemonick

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Echo of the Big Bang

By: Michael D. Lemonick

Describes how the scientific discoveries of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) satellite have transformed the modern science of cosmology, describing its revelations in terms of the origins and history of the universe, the nature of dark matter, the expansion of the universe, and other key topics. (Science & Mathematics)

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Princeton University Press

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0691122423

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Echo of the Big Bang

By: Michael D. Lemonick

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The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

By: Michael Lemonick

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The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

By: Michael Lemonick

“A bright, shiny gift to popular-science collections.”—Booklist Trained as a musician, amateur scientist William Herschel found international fame after discovering the planet Uranus in 1781. Though he is still best known for this finding, his partnership with his sister Caroline yielded other groundbreaking work that affects how we see the world today. The Herschels made comprehensive surveys of the night sky, carefully categorizing every visible object in the void. Caroline wrote an influential catalogue of nebulae, and William discovered infrared radiation. Veteran science writer Michael D. Lemonick guides readers through the depths of the solar system and into his subjects’ private lives: William developed bizarre theories about inhabitants of the sun; he procured an unheard-of salary for Caroline from King George III even as he hassled over the funding for an enormous, forty-foot telescope; and the siblings feuded over William’s marriage but eventually reconciled.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393072088

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Extraterrestrial Life

By: Richard Michael Rasmussen

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Extraterrestrial Life

By: Richard Michael Rasmussen

Discusses the possibility of life on other planets, what conditions would support this situation, and how we are searching for such lifeforms.

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156006126X

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Facts, Not Fear

A Parent's Guide to Teaching Children about the Environment

By: Michael Sanera,Jane S. Shaw

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Facts, Not Fear

A Parent's Guide to Teaching Children about the Environment

By: Michael Sanera,Jane S. Shaw

Helps parents reverse the growing trend toward using scare-tactics when talking to children about environmental consciousness.

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Regnery Publishing

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Through the Global Lens

An Introduction to the Social Sciences

By: Michael J. Strada

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Through the Global Lens

An Introduction to the Social Sciences

By: Michael J. Strada

Make your studies interactive with "Through the Global Lens: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, Second Edition." Companion Website(TM) -- In tandem with the text, students can now take full advantage of the Internet to enrich their study of the social sciences. Features of the Website include chapter objectives, study questions, links to "The New York Times" and the "USA Today Census 2000" in addition to other links on the Web that can reinforce and enhance the content of each chapter. Use of the site is free to all students and faculty. Simply visit the Website at http: //www.prenhall.com/strada A Prentice Hall Guide to Evaluating Online Resources (available for Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science, or Psychology) These guides provide a brief introduction to navigating the Internet, along with references related specifically to each discipline. Also included with each guide is access to ContentSelect(TM). Developed by Prentice Hall and EBSCO, the world leader in online journal subscription management, ContentSelect(TM) is a customized research database for students of sociology. Your choice of one of these guides is free to students when packaged with "Through the Global Lens, Second Edition.

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0130979503

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The Perpetual Now

A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love

By: Michael D. Lemonick

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A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love

By: Michael D. Lemonick

In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a "perpetual now," where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual Now is the moving story of this exceptional woman, and the groundbreaking revelations about memory, learning, and consciousness her unique case has uncovered. Lonni Sue Johnson was a renowned artist who regularly produced covers for The New Yorker, a gifted musician, a skilled amateur pilot, and a joyful presence to all who knew her. But in late 2007, she contracted encephalitis. The disease burned through her hippocampus like wildfire, leaving her severely amnesic, living in a present that rarely progresses beyond ten to fifteen minutes. Remarkably, she still retains much of the intellect and artistic skills from her previous life, but it's not at all clear how closely her consciousness resembles yours or mine. As such, Lonni Sue's story has become part of a much larger scientific narrative—one that is currently challenging traditional wisdom about how human memory and awareness are stored in the brain. In this probing, compassionate, and illuminating book, award-winning science journalist Michael D. Lemonick uses the unique drama of Lonni Sue Johnson's day-to-day life to give us a nuanced and intimate understanding of the science that lies at the very heart of human nature.

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Book's by Michael D. Lemonick

The Georgian Star

The Georgian Star

The Perpetual Now

The Perpetual Now

The Light at the Edge of the Universe

The Light at the Edge of the Universe

Mirror Earth

Mirror Earth

Echo of the Big Bang

Echo of the Big Bang

Echo of the Big Bang

Echo of the Big Bang

The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

Extraterrestrial Life

Extraterrestrial Life

Facts, Not Fear

Facts, Not Fear

Through the Global Lens

Through the Global Lens

The Perpetual Now

The Perpetual Now

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