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  • Destination Mars

    The Story of our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet

    de Andrew May ...
    Series series Hot Science
    Mars is back. Suddenly everyone – from Elon Musk to Ridley Scott to Donald Trump – is talking about going to the Red Planet.When the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However NASA's Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot. The much-anticipated crewed mission failed to materialise, defeated by a combination of technological and political ... Leer más

    $134 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Astrobiology

    The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe

    de Andrew May ...
    Series Libro 0 - Hot Science
    Extraterrestrial life is a common theme inscience fiction, but is it a serious prospect in the real world? Astrobiologyis the emerging field of science that seeks to answer this question.The possibility of life elsewhere in the cosmosis one of the most profound subjects that human beings can ponder. AstrophysicistAndrew May gives an expert overview of our current state of knowledge, lookingat how ... Leer más

    $134 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Eyes in the Sky

    Space Telescopes from Hubble to Webb

    de Andrew May ...
    Over 50 years ago, astronomers launched the world's first orbiting telescope to gaze further into outer space to examine anything that appears in the sky above our heads, from comets and planets to galaxy clusters and stars. Since then, almost 100 space telescopes have been launched from Earth and are orbiting our planet, with 26 still active and relaying information back to us.As a result of ... Leer más

    $175 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Cosmic Impact

    Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets

    de Andrew May ...
    Series series Hot Science
    As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with anasteroid or comet is the new kid on the block, gaining respectability only inthe last decade of the 20th century with the realisation that the dinosaurs hadbeen wiped out by just such an impact.Now the science community is making up for lost time, withworldwide efforts to track the thousands of potentially hazardous near ... Leer más

    $134 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Space Business

    From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon – How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space

    de Andrew May ...
    **Dreams, schemes and opportunity as space opens for tourism and commerce.Twentieth century space exploration may have belonged to state-funded giants such as NASA, but there is a parallel history which has set the template for the future.**Even before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, private companies were exploiting space via communication satellites - a sector that is seeing exponential growth in ... Leer más

    $161 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • DD Sherman Tank Warriors

    The 13th/18th Royal Hussars through Dunkirk, D-Day and the Liberation of Europe

    de Andrew May ...
    When the amphibious Duplex Drive (DD) Sherman tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (QMO) touched down on the sand of Sword Beach as the vanguard of the D-Day invasion, ahead of the infantry and Commandos, it was the culmination of an evolution spanning several years. Switching roles from a mounted regiment in India, into a mechanized, armored cavalry regiment, they fought in France in 1940, then ... Leer más

    $193 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Astrobiología

    En busca de la vida extraterrestre

    de Andrew May ...
    Una guía sobre una apasionante materia científica, que muestra que los signos que revelan que hay vida en la Tierra pueden ser la clave para detectarla también fuera de nuestro planeta.Un análisis de los numerosos planetas que han descubierto las misiones Kepler y TESS de la NASA fuera del Sistema Solar.Incluye detalles cruciales sobre la búsqueda de vida extraterrestre, como la paradoja de Fermi, ... Leer más

    $249 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Bloody British History: Somerset

    de Dr Andrew May ...
    Series series Bloody British History
    Horrors of the caves! The ghastly true story of the Cheddar cannibals! Twilight of the Empire! Romans, Saxons and the legends of King Arthur! Swords against the Vikings! The Somerset heroes who defied the Norse hordes! Martyrs, murderers, pirates and mad scientists – Somerset's strangest residents revealed! Death storm! The terrible toll of the Great Storm of 1703! Spies in Somerset! Containing ... Leer más

    $212 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Isaac Newton: pocket GIANTS

    de Dr Andrew May ...
    Series series pocket GIANTS
    Isaac Newton had an extraordinary idea. He believed the physical universe and everything in it could be described in exact detail using mathematical relationships. He formulated a law of gravity that explained why objects fall downwards, how the moon causes the tides, and why planets and comets orbit the sun.While Newton's work has been added to over the years, his basic approach remains at the ... Leer más

    $25 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Albert Einstein: pocket GIANTS

    de Dr Andrew May ...
    Series series pocket GIANTS
    Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein and everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few people understand his work. In fact, he was just one of many brilliant scientists grappling with the deepest problems of theoretical physics during the first half of the twentieth century. He may not have been the most important or influential of them – the point is arguable – but there is no doubt he was ... Leer más

    $116 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • How Space Physics Really Works

    Lessons from Well-Constructed Science Fiction

    de Andrew May ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    There is a huge gulf between the real physics of space travel and the way it is commonly portrayed in movies and TV shows. That’s not because space physics is difficult or obscure – most of the details were understood by the end of the 18th century – but because it can often be bafflingly counter-intuitive for a general audience. The purpose of this book isn’t to criticize or debunk popular sci-fi ... Leer más

    $544 MXN

  • The Science Behind Jules Verne's Moon Novels

    de Andrew May ...
    The idea of using a large gun to send humans into space is as impossible today as it was a century and a half ago, when Jules Verne wrote From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon. Yet he went to great lengths to persuade readers it wasn't impossible - not through arm-waving and made-up technobabble, but using real physics and astronomy. No one had done anything like that in fiction before - ... Leer más

    $58 MXN