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A sense of place is the feeling that some locations have a special meaning. This emotional connection arises from a combination of cultural and environmental factors that make individuals care about a particular place. It is challenging to create a sense of place for distant locations that no human has visited and for which our current knowledge is limited. This book attempts to take a step in this direction, by dividing the known galaxy into a number of clearly described distinct regions, by providing scientific descriptions of the likely environmental conditions on the known planets of these regions, and by linking these planets to their literary and mythological context.
The book is aimed at fans of both science fact and science fiction. It combines a tour of real planets outside of our solar system with tales of their fictional counterparts. The combination of solid scientific facts and analysis with speculation and imagination will be appealing to readers who want to gain a feeling for these planets as places with a back story, rather than just as names somewhere out there in the sky.
A sense of place is the feeling that some locations have a special meaning. This emotional connection arises from a combination of cultural and environmental factors that make individuals care about a particular place. It is challenging to create a sense of place for distant locations that no human has visited and for which our current knowledge is limited. This book attempts to take a step in this direction, by dividing the known galaxy into a number of clearly described distinct regions, by providing scientific descriptions of the likely environmental conditions on the known planets of these regions, and by linking these planets to their literary and mythological context.
The book is aimed at fans of both science fact and science fiction. It combines a tour of real planets outside of our solar system with tales of their fictional counterparts. The combination of solid scientific facts and analysis with speculation and imagination will be appealing to readers who want to gain a feeling for these planets as places with a back story, rather than just as names somewhere out there in the sky.
Kevin J. E. Walsh is a climate scientist, and has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles on topics ranging from climate change to tropical meteorology to planetary climates. He was a professor of meteorology at the University of Melbourne until 2019, and he is currently a professorial fellow. Prof. Walsh co-edited two books published by Springer, Hurricane Risk (2019) and Hurricanes and Climate Change: Volume 3 (2017). He has also published a number of popular science articles in both Australia and the U.S., including speculations on possible extrasolar planetary environments. Most of these have been published in the long-established U.S.-based magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
Chiron's place: the Alpha Centauri sector.- The summer triangle: the Vega sector.- The guardian of the bear: the Arcturus sector.- The hammer of the gods: the Sirius sector.- Exomoons and superflares: the Procyon sector.- A river runs through it: the Epsilon Eridani sector.- The bull, the warrior and the queen: the Eta Cassiopeia sector.- The small place: the Fomalhaut sector.- Conclusion: the unknown part of the known galaxy.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
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Fachbereich: | Astronomie |
Genre: | Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Physik, Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: |
xiii
220 S. 3 s/w Illustr. 24 farbige Illustr. 220 p. 27 illus. 24 illus. in color. |
ISBN-13: | 9783031682179 |
ISBN-10: | 3031682173 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Walsh, Kevin J. E. |
Hersteller: |
Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com |
Maße: | 235 x 155 x 13 mm |
Von/Mit: | Kevin J. E. Walsh |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.11.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,365 kg |
Kevin J. E. Walsh is a climate scientist, and has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles on topics ranging from climate change to tropical meteorology to planetary climates. He was a professor of meteorology at the University of Melbourne until 2019, and he is currently a professorial fellow. Prof. Walsh co-edited two books published by Springer, Hurricane Risk (2019) and Hurricanes and Climate Change: Volume 3 (2017). He has also published a number of popular science articles in both Australia and the U.S., including speculations on possible extrasolar planetary environments. Most of these have been published in the long-established U.S.-based magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
Chiron's place: the Alpha Centauri sector.- The summer triangle: the Vega sector.- The guardian of the bear: the Arcturus sector.- The hammer of the gods: the Sirius sector.- Exomoons and superflares: the Procyon sector.- A river runs through it: the Epsilon Eridani sector.- The bull, the warrior and the queen: the Eta Cassiopeia sector.- The small place: the Fomalhaut sector.- Conclusion: the unknown part of the known galaxy.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Astronomie |
Genre: | Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Physik, Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: |
xiii
220 S. 3 s/w Illustr. 24 farbige Illustr. 220 p. 27 illus. 24 illus. in color. |
ISBN-13: | 9783031682179 |
ISBN-10: | 3031682173 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Walsh, Kevin J. E. |
Hersteller: |
Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com |
Maße: | 235 x 155 x 13 mm |
Von/Mit: | Kevin J. E. Walsh |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.11.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,365 kg |