My name is Calliope and "I bone for a living." Kidding. I am studying to be a paleontologist though. It's the only thing I've ever wanted to be, and I have finally landed the perfect museum internship to make all of my dino-loving dreams come true. Trouble is, everyone wants me to be a gentle, loving sort of creature, but I'm more of the T-Rex type by nature - the kind who is determined to stomp and tear her way through any obstacle in order to get what she wants. But when a sexy, rumbly-voiced astronomer plummets into my orbit and threatens to break open my hard little heart, my career and my whole way of looking at the world is suddenly on the line. The dinosaurs didn't see their asteroid coming. And I sure as hell wasn't prepared for mine.
"Stars in her eyes.
... James Clerk 57, 79, 111, 132, 160–161, 188 Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution 57 Mayer, Tobias 52 Mazursky Award 252 McCloskey, Betty 88 McDonald Observatory 193 Melanchthon 91 Memorial Medal, Royal Physiographic Society 83 Mendeleev, ...
A leading astrophysicist summarizes the new theories of the origin of the universe and explains how they discredit older hypotheses, such as the "Big Bang" theory
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Beginning in 1572 with Tycho's discovery that the heavens can change and ending with the Big Bang of the 20th Century, this is a hugely entertaining and witty account of the quest to discover the universe.
This volume is both an exploration of the scientific discoveries made by Galileo and a biography of Galileo. It looks at the changes in the world that have happened as a result of his work. Feature boxes contain additional information.
The Path of Minor Planets is a moving exploration of chances taken and lost, of love found and broken, and of time's gravitational pull on our lives.
Moon Walk 1835: Was Neil Armstrong Really the First Man on the Moon?
Sir Robert Stawell Ball. title, 'Historyof Physical Astronomy from the Earliest Ages to the Middle ofthe Nineteenth Century,' whenhefails to observe anynotice of the discoveriesof Sir W. R. Hamilton in the theory of the 'Dynamics ofthe ...
... DRUIDS Barry Cunliffe EARLY MUSIC Thomas Forrest Kelly THE EARTH Martin Redfern EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE Tim Lenton ECONOMICS Partha Dasgupta EDUCATION Gary Thomas EGYPTIAN MYTH Geraldine Pinch EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN Paul Langford ...