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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Taylor, Frederic William (1944-....)
Titre(s) : Exploring the planets [Texte imprimé] : a memoir / Fred Taylor,...
Publication : Oxford : Oxford university press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-363 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Prelude ; Satellites and spires ; The gateway to the planets ; Voyage to Venus
; With Galileo to Jupiter ; Back to Oxford ; Forecasting weather and climate ;
The ozone layer and other crises ; Mishaps at Mars ; Operation Saturn ; The days
of the comet ; Return to the silent planet ; Marooned on Mercury ; Mars at last
; Ice on the moon ; A beginner's guide to the end of the world ; STanding at the
edge of time ; Epilogue.
Note(s) : The planets fascinate us, and naturally we care about our own Earth, and things like
how well we can forecast the weather and whether climate is really changing. Exploring
the Planets offers a personal account on how the space programme evolved. It begins
in the era of the first blurry views of our Earth as seen from space, and ends with
current plans for sophisticated robots on places as near as our neighbours Venus and
Mars and as far away as the rainy lakelands of Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan. Examining
the scientific goals of these complex voyages of discovery, and the joys and hardships
of working to achieve them. The Space Age is now about 50 years old and for those
lucky enough to be part of it at its inception, it's filled a worklong lifetime. Today,
several satellites around the Earth have studied the atmosphere and the climate using
instruments on board that the author helped design and build. 'Deep space' missions
were embarked upon to visit the planets: all of the major bodies (six planets, the
Moon and minor bodies, asteroids and comets) of the classical Solar System have been
scrutinised close-up by experiments built in various laboratories worldwide. Most
of the narrative is based on the author's experiences at the world's space agencies,
research labs, and conferences, and at other places as diverse as Cape Canaveral and
No. 10 Downing Street
Sujet(s) : Taylor, Frederic William (1944-....)
Exploration des planètes
Genre ou forme : Récits personnels
Indice(s) Dewey :
523.010 92 (23e éd.) = Astrophysique - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-19-967159-5 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45095517b
Notice n° :
FRBNF45095517
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