In Placing Outer Space Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and explored. Making planets into places is central to the daily practices and professional identities of the astronomers, geologists, and computer scientists Messeri studies. She takes readers to the Ma...(展开全部)

From the author of How the Universe Got Its Spots and A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, the epic story of the scientific campaign to record the soundtrack of our universe. Black holes are dark. That is their essence. When black holes collide, they will do so unilluminated. Yet the black hole collision is an event more powerful than any since the origin of the universe. The p...(展开全部)

In Placing Outer Space Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and explored. Making planets into places is central to the daily practices and professional identities of the astronomers, geologists, and computer scientists Messeri studies. She takes readers to the Ma...(展开全部)

Alastair Reynolds's critically acclaimed debut has redefined the space opera with a staggering journey across vast gulfs of time and space to confront the very nature of reality itself.

作者简介： 阿拉斯泰尔·雷诺兹Alastair Reynolds 生于1966年，英国科幻作家，被誉为“太空歌剧大师”。曾在纽卡斯尔大学攻读物理学和天文学，并于圣安德鲁斯大学获得天文学博士学位。1991年，雷诺兹移居荷兰，并在当地的欧洲空间和技术中心（隶属欧洲空间局）工作，直到2004年才开始专职写作。 曾获英国科幻协会奖、轨迹奖、日本星云赏、侧面奖等国际大奖，多次入围雨果奖、阿瑟·C.克拉克奖、约翰·W.坎贝尔奖、菲利普·K.迪克纪念奖、西奥多·斯特金纪念奖和轨迹奖。 多部作品被《爱，死亡和机器人》改编，其中《齐马蓝》被无数科幻迷奉为神作。 一个“落后”的人。隐居乡间，远离手机，极少接待来客，对生活中的高科技和消费技术毫无兴趣。日常兴趣为画画、看书、散步、弹吉他，观察鸟类和青蛙。 译者简介： 何锐 科普作家、科幻译者，武汉大学物理化学博士，钓鱼城科...(展开全部)

作者简介： 阿拉斯泰尔·雷诺兹Alastair Reynolds 生于1966年，英国科幻作家，被誉为“太空歌剧大师”。曾在纽卡斯尔大学攻读物理学和天文学，并于圣安德鲁斯大学获得天文学博士学位。1991年，雷诺兹移居荷兰，并在当地的欧洲空间和技术中心（隶属欧洲空间局）工作，直到2004年才开始专职写作。 曾获英国科幻协会奖、轨迹奖、日本星云赏、侧面奖等国际大奖，多次入围雨果奖、阿瑟·C.克拉克奖、约翰·W.坎贝尔奖、菲利普·K.迪克纪念奖、西奥多·斯特金纪念奖和轨迹奖。 多部作品被《爱，死亡和机器人》改编，其中《齐马蓝》被无数科幻迷奉为神作。 一个“落后”的人。隐居乡间，远离手机，极少接待来客，对生活中的高科技和消费技术毫无兴趣。日常兴趣为画画、看书、散步、弹吉他，观察鸟类和青蛙。 译者简介： 何锐 科普作家、科幻译者，武汉大学物理化学博士，钓鱼城科...(展开全部)

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect Amarantin city and a colossal statue of a wingest Amarantin. For brilliant but ruthloess scientist Dan Sylveste, it's more than merelty i...(展开全部)

This is an introductory text in astronautics. It contains historical background and a discussion of space missions, space environment, orbits, atmospheric entry, spacecraft design, spacecraft subsyste