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  The scientific world, in the depths of antiquity and the Middle Ages, has undermined and subsequently replaced cosmocentric and theocentric model of being the world and man. The result of this rationalist paradigm has been the alienation of man from nature, the loss of its rootedness in the universe, which is performed more rapidly than [...]

• Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets (Greenwood Guides to the Universe)

  This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets—those small bodies that revolve the Sun—and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets is an excellent [...]

• The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy and Physical Properties (Cambridge Planetary Science)

  Phenomenal new observations from Earth-based telescopes and Mars-based orbiters, landers, and rovers have dramatically advanced our understanding of the past environments on Mars. These include the first global-scale infrared and reflectance spectroscopic maps of the surface, leading to the discovery of key minerals indicative of specific past climate conditions; the discovery of large reservoirs of [...]

• About Telescopes And Getting Into Astronomy

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• Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America’s Space Espionage

  In a brief period of explosive, top-secret innovation during the 1950s, a small group of scientists, engineers, businessmen, and government officials rewrote the book on airplane design and led the nation into outer space. Led by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, they invented the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes and the first reconnaissance satellites that revolutionized [...]