The pioneer astronauts who took America into space tell their personal stories about the challenges they faced -- their fears, joys, friendships, and successes.

Chosen from hundreds of crackerjack pilots for their fitness, intelligence, and courage, the original Mercury Seven astronauts risked their lives to cross the space frontier. In "We Seven, " they take readers behind the scenes to show them their training, technology, and teamwork, and to share personal stories, including the lighter moments of their mission. They bring readers inside the Mercury program -- even into the space capsules themselves. "We Seven" straps you in with the astronauts and rockets you along for the ride.

Share Alan Shepard's exhilaration as he breaks through the earth's atmosphere. Endure moments of panic with Gus Grissom when his hatch blows, stranding him in the open sea. Race with John Glenn as he makes split-second life-or-death maneuvers during reentry, and feel his relief when he emerges safe but drenched with sweat.

Despite such heroism, Project Mercury was more than the story of individual missions. It defined the manned space flight program to come, from Gemini through Apollo. In "We Seven, " America's original astronauts tell us firsthand -- as only they can -- about the space program they pioneered, and share with us the hopes and dreams of the U.S. at the dawn of a new era.

Optics of the Moon presents methods for interpreting optics of surfaces on the Moon with complicated structures. For example, the book illustrates how phase-ratio techniques can lead to the detection of surface structure anomalies, describes polarimetric studies of the lunar surface and their use, and addresses many other questions relating to the regolith-like surfaces of the Moon, such as why the Moon looks like a ball at a large phase angle and like a disk in full moon, why the lunar surface has slight color variations, and why at large phase angles its polarization degree closely correlates with albedo.

Developed for the new International A Level specification, these new resources are specifically designed for international students, with a strong focus on progression, recognition and transferable skills, allowing learning in a local context to a global standard. Recognised by universities worldwide and fully comparable to UK reformed GCE A levels. Supports a modular approach, in line with the specification. Appropriate international content puts learning in a real-world context, to a global standard, making it engaging and relevant for all learners. Reviewed by a language specialist to ensure materials are written in a clear and accessible style. The embedded transferable skills, needed for progression to higher education and employment, are signposted so students understand what skills they are developing and therefore go on to use these skills more effectively in the future. Exam practice provides opportunities to assess understanding and progress, so students can make the best progress they can.

This second book on Unity Root Matrix Theory extends its original three-dimensional formulation, as given in the first book, to an arbitrary number of higher dimensions. Unity Root Matrix Theory is formulated with strong adherence to concepts in mathematical physics and it is thought it may provide a discrete formulation of physical phenomena at the Planck level and upward. Consequently, it is essential that the theory incorporates the geometric dimensionality present in established physical theories. In particular, it must naturally embody the four-dimensional spacetime of Special Relativity, the five dimensions of Kaluza-Klein theory, and the eleven or more dimensions of Grand Unified Theories such as String Theory. Not only has an n-dimensional extension of Unity Root Matrix Theory successfully been achieved, whilst retaining all the three-dimensional mathematical and physical properties detailed in the first book, but a complete n-dimensional solution has been obtained which exhibits the geometric property of compactification, or dimensional reduction. This solution shows that dimensional shrinkage of higher dimensions may occur over long evolutionary timescales. The emergence of compactification and other physical phenomena gives further confidence that n-dimensional Unity Root Matrix Theory may, indeed, offer a discrete formulation of Physics starting at its most elemental level.

Developed on surprisingly simple but fundamental concepts, it provides a rich mathematical and physical structure, justifying it as a subject to be studied in its own right by physicists and mathematicians alike. Ultimately, it is thought that unity root matrix theory may provide an alternative reformulation of some fundamental concepts in physics and an integer-based escape from the current, unification impasse.

Approx.450 pages

Despite the differences of their subject matter, science and theology have a cousinly relationship, John Polkinghorne contends in his latest thought-provoking book. From his unique perspective as both theoretical physicist and Anglican priest, Polkinghorne considers aspects of quantum physics and theology and demonstrates that the two truth-seeking enterprises are engaged in analogous rational techniques of inquiry. His exploration of the deep connections between science and theology shows with new clarity a common kinship in the search for truth.
The author identifies and explores key similarities in quantum physics and Christology. Among the many parallels he identifies are patterns of historical development in quantum physics and in Christology; wrestling with perplexities such as quantum interpretation and the problem of evil; and the drive for an overarching view in the Grand Unified Theories of physics and in Trinitarian theology. Both theology and science are propelled by a desire to understand the world through experienced reality, and Polkinghorne explains that their viewpoints are by no means mutually exclusive.