Título: Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age
Autor: Dr Nick Kanas
Sinopse: In recent years, there has been increased interest in our Solar System. This has been prompted by the launching of giant orbiting telescopes and space probes, the discovery of new planetary moons and heavenly bodies that orbit the Sun, and the demotion of Pluto as a planet. In one generation, our place in the heavens has been challenged, but this is not unusual. Throughout history, there have been a number of such world views. Initially, Earth was seen as the center of the universe and surrounded by orbiting planets and stars. Then the Sun became the center of the cosmos. Finally, there was no center, just a vast array of galaxies with individual stars, some with their own retinue of planets. This allowed our Solar System to be differentiated from deep-sky objects, but it didn’t lose its mystery as more and more remarkable bodies were discovered within its boundaries. This book tells the exciting story of how we have conceptualized and mapped our Solar System from antiquity to modern times. In addition to the complete text, this story is made more vivid by: • 162 Solar System and planetary maps, diagrams, and images (over a third in color); • direct quotes and figures from antiquarian, contemporary, and Space Age documents and photographs that allow the reader to track how humans have viewed the Solar System from original sources; • nine tables that compare the various world views, relative planetary positions, and components of the Solar System with each other. Broad in scope and rich in imagery, this book will draw the reader into the story of our Solar System and how it has been mapped since the beginning of recorded time.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age”, de Dr Nick Kanas, publicado pela editora Not Avail, em 2014 e com 353 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Not Avail
Páginas: 353
Ano: 2014
Edição: 2014
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9781461408963
ISBN13: 9781461408963
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Not Avail revelam um interesse por temas densos e variados, que transitam entre a ficção especulativa com tons de horror e fantasia e obras de caráter técnico e acadêmico, como estudos sobre bancos de dados temporais e análises políticas. A experiência de leitura é marcada por narrativas que ora exploram conflitos históricos e sociais, ora se aprofundam em temas científicos e jurídicos, com linguagem que pode variar do ensaístico ao didático. O catálogo sugere uma preferência por textos que desafiam o leitor a refletir sobre sistemas complexos, sejam eles políticos, tecnológicos ou culturais, com ritmos que vão do expositivo ao narrativo, conforme o enfoque.
