Debra J. Housel:Industrial Giants (Social Studies: Informational Text)
- exemplaire signée 2014, ISBN: 9780743906616
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Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1980. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Very good. Quarto. 40 pages. Wraps. Profusely illustr… Plus…
Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1980. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Very good. Quarto. 40 pages. Wraps. Profusely illustrated in color. Slight wear to cover and edges. The pictures assembled in this publication are a part of the rich and varied harvest of information returned by Voyager 1 across nearly a billion miles of interplanetary space. These images are of great beauty as well as great scientific interest, serving to remind us of the awesome and breathtaking dimensions of the solar system we inhabit. Voyager is providing intriguing new information which should help us to understand how the Earth-and possibly the universe-was formed. Already there have been surprises and puzzles that paint a completely new picture of Saturn and its neighborhood, including the discovery of three new moons, startling information about Saturn's rings, and observation of the unexpectedly complex structure of Saturn's atmosphere and that of its largest moon, Titan. It will take years for scientists to assimilate completely the information which is cascading down from Voyager. What more will this marvel of technology have to tell us before it departs the solar system to travel endlessly among the stars? No other generation has had the opportunity or the technology to reach beyond our world-to see, to touch, to hear the forces that shape our universe. In slightly over two decades, man has ingeniously explored five distant planets-and two dozen moons. We have seen their weather and surfaces, landed on some, probed the atmospheres of others, and listened to their radio noises. Under the planetary exploration program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Voyager Mission, begun in 1972, was designed to explore Jupiter, Saturn, their satellites, rings, magnetic fields, and interplanetary space. Two automated, reprogrammable spacecraft, Voyagers 1 and 2, were launched in late summer of 1977. Their goals: the outer planets. Both spacecraft made astounding discoveries in the Jupiter system in 1979-a thin ring, a thick ionized sulfur and oxygen torus, an actively volcanic satellite-these were but a few of the treasures yielded by the two Jupiter flybys. Now, Voyager 1 has completed exploration of its final target: the ringed planet Saturn and its enigmatic giant satellite, Titan. True to the generally unpredictable nature of planetary exploration, the treasures of the Saturn system far exceeded all expectations. We learned more about Saturn in one week than in all of recorded history, thanks to one trusty robot no larger than a compact car and to thousands of diligent and imaginative people. Both spacecraft carry an assortment of optical, radiometric, and fields and particles sensing instruments. Taken together, their data present a comprehensive picture of a planetary system-and clues to what is happening, what has happened, and what may happen in our universe. This publication presents the preliminary photographic results of Voyager 1's encounter with Saturn and its major satellites. Voyager 1 transmitted over 17,500 images in its four months of close observations of the system. Many of these images have been combined to produce mosaics and color pictures. Hundreds have yet to be closely examined. The second Voyager spacecraft will begin its close Saturn observations in early June 1981 and make its closest approach to the planet's northern hemisphere on August 25. Then, due to its launch during a period of rare planetary alignment occurring only once every 175 years, Voyager 2 will be able to continue on to a rendezvous with the seventh planet, Uranus, in January 1986, and perhaps even the eighth planet, Neptune, in August 1989. Voyager 1's primary mission is complete. But its usefulness is far from over. As we go about our daily business, Voyager 1 is searching for another frontier-the edge of our solar system. In 7 to 15 years, the spacecraft will cross the heliopause-the farthest reaches of our Sun's magnetic field influence. Then, high above our ecliptic plane, Voyager 1 will continue its flight toward the star Alpha Ophiuchus. Eventually, Voyager 1 will be too distant to communicate with Earth and will silently drift in space forever., California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1980, 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,felt-tip black ink dedication and signature to recto of front free endpaper: 'To Clare Big dog bear-hugs Love R.y . Danes First purchased copy UK' and dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's price to it.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with b/w lettering,rear panel with montage'd b/w+colour subject photographs; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain white cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white+gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,9-224pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,19 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour auto+biographical photographs in 1 block, between pp112/13,plus [unpaginated] SIGNED verso of ffe,half-title+ title pages,contents list/table and dedication page. 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Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. . Hard Back / Pictorial Binding. Good Clean Cond./No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Full Color Illustrations. Children's Literature. A: Children's Reading Book., Platt and Munk Publishers 1971 / 1974 Reprint, 1974, 2.5, Previous Owner Name: Whitman Publishing Company 1966 White cover shows some soil. Hardback : hard cover edition in good to better condition, a typical used book with slight wear to edges and spine. Overall good / nice copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading on the subject. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself, or would make a GREAT GIFT for the fan / reader in your life. Reading is one of the great pleasures in life. ~ SCARCE TITLE ~ Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. . Not Stated. Hard Back / Pictorial Boards. Good Clean Cond./No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Full Color Illustrations. Oversized Pictorial. 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Giant Hardback : hard cover edition in good or better condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Overall good copy of this title. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Spine nicely clear tape reinforced. Some corner fray. Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. . Clean and Unmarked Text. Hard Back / Pictorial Binding. Good Clean Cond./No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Full Color Illustrations. Educational / Learning. A: Children's Reading Book., Random House Childrens Books, 1979, 2.5, Teacher Created Materials, 2007. Perfect Bound. New. Several major industrialists facilitated the growth of industry in America. This interesting title allows readers to learn about such individuals as Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J. P. 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