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Discovering the Universe is the bestselling brief text for descriptive one-term astronomy courses (especially those with no mathematics prerequisites). Carried along by the book's vibrant main theme, "the process of scientific discovery," the Eighth Edition furthers the books legacy for presenting concepts clearly and accurately while providing all the pedagogical tools to make the learning process memorable.

Forensic facial reconstruction is the reproduction of an individuals face from skeletal remains. Used when other forms of identification are very difficult or impossible, it can give a name to the dead in forensic cases, or in archaeological contexts, provide a tangible impression of real individuals from our past. This comprehensive work starts with a discussion of the importance of the face in society and the history of facial reconstruction, going on to evaluate the accuracy of modern reconstruction methods. The Manchester method of facial reconstruction, and the relationships between the hard and soft tissues of the face are described in detail. Uniquely, it also describes the methods and problems associated with reconstructing the faces of children. Collating all published facial tissue data and describing tissue variations with reference to age, sex, stature and ethnic origin, this book will be an important reference volume for all practitioners in the field.

Esta guía le enseñará a encontrar e identificar estrellas, planetas, cúmulos estelares, nebulosas y galaxias. Podrá saber qué estrellas y planetas brillantes son visibles en una noche dada. Aprenderá a identificar crateres y otros accidentes en la superficie lunar y sabra como observar y fotografiar sin peligro el Sol y los eclipses lunares, y tambien cuando y donde seran visibles los proximos eclipses hasta el año 2010. Una primera mirada al firmamento. Recorrido visual del cielo. Los mapas celestes mensuales. Las constelaciones. Estrellas, nebulosas y galaxias. Estrellas dobles y variables. Atlas del firmamento. La Luna. Como encontrar los planetas. Observacion de los planetas. Cometas. Asteroides. Meteoros y lluvias de meteoros. Observacion del Sol. Coordenadas, tiempo y calendarios.

Mers, fleuves, îles, déserts, montagnes, villes... D'avril à novembre 2021, l'astronaute Thomas Pesquet a photographié depuis la Station spatiale internationale notre planète sous toutes ses facettes

Atlas Fotográfico De Las Constelaciones Reichert, Uwe; Slawik, Eckhard Este atlas fotográfico es único porque reproduce todo el cielo con fotografías en color de gran formato y de una calidad excepcional. Se muestran las 88 constelaciones del firmamento austral y boreal en toda su extension. En ellas no solo se aprecian los colores intrinsecos de las estrellas y de otros objetos celestes, sino que ademas representan el firmamento nocturno tal como se ve. El empleo de una tecnica fotografica especial ha permitido que la pelicula captara los distintos brillos de las estrellas del mismo modo en que los percibe el ojo humano. El atlas se complementa con "primeros planos" de numerosas galaxias, cumulos estelares y nebulosas y mapas en color.

This book is primarily a practical guide for observers with normal or giant binoculars, or "richest-field" telescopes, who wish to get the most out of their instruments. Apart from that, it is also a readable, well-illustrated book for "arm-chair observers". The central point of interest is wide-field astronomy: areas of the night sky that are particularly rich in objects. The Milky Way itself is the ultimate "wide-field" object and therefore its general features and the regions rich in clusters and nebulae are described. A chapter on clusters emphasizes open clusters best viewed in binoculars followed by a chapter on large but faint nebulae invisible to standard telescopes but visible to binoculars. The last chapter deals with fields in which groups of bright galaxies can be seen. The full-page color and black-and-white photos are one of the best features of this book and make it appealing to the general reader. The practical observer is shown exactly where objects are with respect to one another.