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Beyond (DVD)
Sid Phoenix, Gillian MacGregor, Richard J. Danum, Kristian Hart, Paul Brannigan, …
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R23
Discovery Miles 230
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British sci-fi drama. After an asteroid crashes into Earth, aliens
invade the ravaged planet to depopulate its surface. As the
invaders' spacecraft hangs ominously in the sky above them,
survivors of the first cull Cole (Richard J. Danum) and Maya
(Gillian MacGregor) frantically search for their missing daughter.
As they embark on their search, the couple's relationship yields to
the conflict of survival in the apocalyptic event's aftermath.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent
progress and developments in the field of magnetic nanoparticles,
with special emphasis on new materials design approaches for
magnetic nanoarchitectures, advanced characterization techniques,
and a wide range of applications areas including permanent magnets,
biomedicine, and life sciences. The book also features an
exhaustive section on fundamentals, covering single particle
effects, surface effects, and interparticle interactions. The book
delivers a strong focus throughout on the multidisciplinarity of
the subject spanning physics, chemistry, engineering, biology,
medicine, and environmental science. This forward-looking
contributed volume highlights future perspectives and areas of
emerging research, and will be of great interest to advanced
undergraduates, as well as researchers in academia and industry.
This book describes in detail the various theories on the shape of
the Earth from classical antiquity to the present day and examines
how measurements of its form and dimensions have evolved throughout
this period. The origins of the notion of the sphericity of the
Earth are explained, dating back to Eratosthenes and beyond, and
detailed attention is paid to the struggle to establish key
discoveries as part of the cultural heritage of humanity. In this
context, the roles played by the Catholic Church and the
philosophers of the Middle Ages are scrutinized. Later
contributions by such luminaries as Richer, Newton, Clairaut,
Maupertuis, and Delambre are thoroughly reviewed, with exploration
of the importance of mathematics in their geodetic enterprises. The
culmination of progress in scientific research is the recognition
that the reference figure is not a sphere but rather a geoid and
that the earth's shape is oblate. Today, satellite geodesy permits
the solution of geodetic problems by means of precise measurements.
Narrating this fascinating story from the very beginning not only
casts light on our emerging understanding of the figure of the
Earth but also offers profound insights into the broader evolution
of human thought.
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