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This digital document is an article from Hawaii Business, published by Hawaii Business Publishing Co. on December 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2208 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Astronomy industry 2000-2001. (tigr-targeted industries growth report\city bank & hawaii business).(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Michael Schmicker
Publication: Hawaii Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2001
Publisher: Hawaii Business Publishing Co.
Volume: 48Issue: 6Page: 115(4)

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This digital document is an article from Business Mexico, published by American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico A.C. on July 1, 2002. The length of the article is 637 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Star reading: Astronomy in Mexico. (Mexico on the Web).(Brief Article)
Author: Ron Mader
Publication: Business Mexico (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2002
Publisher: American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico A.C.
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This digital document is an article from Hawaii Business, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 685 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Scaling new heights: Peter Giles brings an impressive resume to the Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center.(IN focus)
Author: Leslie Lang
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Date: December 1, 2005
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This digital document is an article from Hawaii Business, published by Hawaii Business Publishing Co. on June 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1979 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: $29 MM economic boost on way for roaring Astronomy educational tourism tigrs. (Tigr).(Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center)
Author: Michael Schmicker
Publication: Hawaii Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2003
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Astronomy is expanding almost as rapidly as the universe itself, and the proliferating scientific jargon can sometimes baffle even the most dedicated amateur. Now, in some 2,400 concise, up-to-date entries, this dictionary cuts a clear path through the maze of complex technical language, offering full, clear definitions drawn from all aspects of classical and modern astronomy. It has been compiled by Jacqueline Mitton, an officer of the Royal Astronomical Society, who has devoted much of her time in recent years to works which convey the excitement of astronomy to general readers.

Here are the names of planets, moons, asteroids, stars, constellations, and galaxies. Mitton includes the types of stars (Red Giants, Blue Stragglers, Brown Dwarfs), the most common scientific terms used in modern astrophysics and cosmology (for instance, butterfly diagram) as well as relevant terms from physics and other fields. Entries on telescopes and other measuring devices, observatories, and space missions show how astronomers have explored the universe.The Dictionary also explains abbreviations and acronyms, and it examines a wide range of fascinating phenomena, from blazers and black holes to runaway stars and the Hawking effect.

From Betelgeuse to the Big Bang, and from spiral galaxies to solar waves, A Concise Dictionary of Astronomy opens a window on the universe for amateur astronomers everywhere. ... Read more

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Develops the concepts of quantum theory for the solid state from basics to a level beyond broader texts in a single sourcebook. Appropriate prior knowledge is assumed - and it applies that knowledge to build an understanding of three topics, namely semiconductors, magnetism and superconductivity. ... Read more

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good intro
A nice and tidy volume to learn, refer and teach. It can be used along with John Davies' book on Low dimensional semiconductors. Only some very necessary ideas are given exposure here. For more in depth learning one should check other books. But for advanced undergarduates this is a recommendable volume. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Northern Ontario Business, published by Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc. on January 1, 2004. The length of the article is 859 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Future aligned in the stars: a business venture of astronomical proportions.(News)
Author: Andrew Wareing
Publication: Northern Ontario Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2004
Publisher: Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc.
Volume: 24Issue: 3Page: 6(1)

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Extraordinary facts and episodes pertaining to astronomy are explained. Offers over 100 informative and entertaining essays, each one with an anecdotal nature. Includes the most recent developments, discoveries and missions--from the Hubble Space Telescope to the Halley's Comet fly-by. Where is the Sea of Serenity? When is a star not a star? How should you greet an alien? The answers to these questions and many more can be found inside. ... Read more

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Investors are anxiously considering what sector will provide the next leap forward. Lou Dobbs, the best-known personality in American broadcast financial journalism, founder of CNNfn, CNNfn.com, and CNN's Lou Dobbs Moneyline, believes that question can be answered in five letters: SPACE.

In Space: The Next Business Frontier, Dobbs and co-author HP Newquist explore where the money has gone, is going, and will go in space development by the private sector. Here they examine which new technologies have the edge, which corporations are players in the space game and which are destined to be, what start-up companies have to do to become players, and how to judge for yourself which ones will have the best chances for success.

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Space: The Next Business Frontier
I am a big Lou Dobbs fan. I have read all his books, and if you like reporters that speak up for the Middle Class, than Lou is your man. He tells it like he sees it, and he pulls no punches. He's a true patriot who attacks Democrats and Republicans alike. If he believes a public official is up to no good, than he will say so, and it doesn't matter who.

Dated but Insightful BasicSpace Business Premier
Lou Dobbs is a well known American through CNN. I read the book more because of who he is as opposed to his knowledge of space science. The book, after all, is entitled: Space - The Next Business Frontier. For a 2001 publication date, the book was and remains insightful. American space industry still faces the International Traffic in Arms Regulation of the U.S. State Department that he seeks to provide commentary. The Congress has yet to adopt a Zero Gravity Zero Tax regime so desperately needed to foster the commercial space business. After reading this book some time ago, I still cite it now and then because of the business personality author and because of his correct insights to make space commerce more viable even in 2007. It is a contribution to enlisting non-space business niche people to understand the sector's problems. It would be great if he updated and republished.

This book is junk
Lou Dobbs is a national embarrassment.He obviously doesn't know how to think straight, as this book clearly shows.It is totally unrealistic. Space is not the next business frontier unless we are willing to hand over the satellite launch business and space tourism business to the low-cost and reliable Chinese.And that's something Dobbs does not realize in his wildest fantasy.This guy has zero imagination and clearly doesn't know how to make money.I wish I could give it zero star as it doesn't deserve any. The author of this book belongs in a lunatic asylum.

China: the Next Hope for Space
Lou does not have the wits to realize that China is the only hope for future space business.Otherwise his scheme is totally out of this world.Save your money - don't buy this book.

The Next Frontier?
Why not let the Chinese make all our rockets to space, under contract from Boeing?After all, their manned spaceflight is a success.Besides, EVERYTHING is now made in China at a fraction of the cost here.This way space business is guaranteed a future.The next frontier indeed. ... Read more

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This book offers a unique review of how astronomicalinformation is handled, made available and tuned to various audiences,including education and public outreach. The information flow inastronomy is indeed illustrated from sources (cosmic objects) to end(mankind's knowledge). The experts contributing to this book have done their best to write ina way understandable to readers not necessarily hyperspecialized inastronomy, while providing specific detailed information as well asplenty of pointers and bibliographical elements. Especiallyenlightening are those `lessons learned' sections where authors make acritical review of the experience gained. This book will be read by researchers, teachers, editors, publishers,librarians, computer scientists, project managers, public relationsofficers, plus those in charge of astronomy-related institutions andassociations, as well as all persons interested in the impact ofmankind's understanding of the universe on society at large. ... Read more

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This book offers a unique review of how astronomicalinformation handling (in the broad sense) evolved in the course of the20th century, and especially during its second half. This volume is a natural complement to the book InformationHandling in Astronomy published in the same series. The scopeof these two volumes includes not only dealing with professionalastronomical data from the collecting instruments (ground-based andspace-borne) to the users / researchers, but also publishing,education and public outreach. In short, the information flow in astronomy is thus illustrated fromsources (cosmic objects) to end (mankind's knowledge). The experts contributing to this book have done their best to write ina way understandable to readers not necessarily hyperspecialized inastronomy while providing specific detailed information, as well asplenty of pointers and bibliographic elements. Especially enlighteningare some `lessons learned' sections. This book will be very useful for researchers, teachers, editors,publishers, librarians, computer scientists, sociologists of science,research planners and strategists, project managers, public-relationsofficers, plus those in charge of astronomy-related organizations, aswell as by students aiming at a career in astronomy or related spacescience. ... Read more

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In recent years, significant advances have been made in the numerical simulation of mass-transfer processes of binary stars.This book is intended for specialists and graduate students in the fields of astrophysics, observational astronomy and stellar evolution.It covers background theory and sets out basic principles, giving many practical examples. ... Read more

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The Symposium's broad ranging theme is analysed and discussed from many viewpoints - engineering, science, policy, law, business, finance and management. Different ways in which small satellites may create larger business opportunities are examined, ranging from telecommunications systems to Earth observation applications and technology demonstrators. Information satisfying the needs of consumers is the key to success. Small satellites, which are Responsive, Adaptable and Cost Effective, will define the new space RACE.

The Proceedings of this Symposium are invaluable to all people in industry, government and academia who are using space in innovative ways.

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This book is an advanced textbook that offers a one-stop second (or even third) course in Electromagnetic (EM) Theory.After some rapid revision matter, the book's core material links elementary EM concepts with relativity and field theory, introducing the key concept of tensors and tensor calculus. ... Read more

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The author describes superfluidity as the jewel in the crown of low temperature physics. At low enough temperatures, every substance in thermal equilibrium must become ordered. Since some materials remain fluid to the lowest temperatures, it is a fascinating question as to how this ordering can take place. The book assumes some basic knowledge of quantum, statistical and thermal physics, and builds on this background to give a readable introduction to the three superfluids of low temperature physics. The book emphasizes physical principles rather than technical detail, with the aim of introducing the subject in an accessible yet authoritative way to final year undergraduates or starting graduate students. ... Read more

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A thirty-year-old mother of two, Marion Luna Brem had just been given a death sentence: terminal cancer. She had no job. No health insurance. Her marriage would collapse under the stress of her treatment. And her most pressing concern: How do I pay next month’s rent?

Her first major “sale” was landing a job as a car salesman. Within two months she had become salesperson of the month and by the end of her first year, salesperson of the year. Four and a half years after selling her first car, Brem bought her own dealership, and in the next decade went on to open additional dealerships and businesses. She beat her cancer, too.

In Women Make the Best Salesmen, Brem reveals the top sales strategies she discovered, refined, and applied to build hermultimillion dollar enterprise. But, as she points out, we are all "salesmen" – whether we interviewing for a job or operating a register at a department store, trying to get our children into a special program or looking for a lifelong companion. And women, with their natural social skills and acute emotional antennae, have natural advantages both sexes can learn from.

Filled with unconventional wisdom and real-life lessons, Women Make the Best Salesmen is the essential guide to the art of selling yourself. ... Read more

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good book for all
This book did help see sales and business sense from male and female points of view.It was very objective and non-critical.didn't view any traits as a weakness, more so as atrait to used to your advantage.

Street smarts from the Entrepreneur of the Year
Selling not only vaulted Marion Brem from being virtually destitute to Inc Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, it also saved her life. Her story is one of the triumph of the human spirit. At the age of thirty-two, with two sons, she was facing divorce and unemployed. Moreover, she was recovering from a mastectomy and chemotherapy treatments. Marion was given two to five years to live. Though she had no sales experience, on her seventeenth try she got a job selling cars. She calls that her first sale, she sold herself. Marion did not consider herself as inexperienced, however. As a homemaker she learned problem solving, time management, budgeting, priority setting, space planning and negotiation. Marion joined the indifferent all-male sales team and applied uncommon moxie to meet the challenge of automobile selling. Within a year she had won Salesman of the Year, a trip to the Super Bowl, and a man's Rolex wristwatch. (Management had never even considered the possibility of a woman winning.) Within five years Marion opened her first dealership. Success followed success after that, all because she learned, first of all,how to acquire an impregnable self-respect and how to sell the most precious commodity of all, herself. Read this book and learn the secrets of selling by means of elevated levels of integrity, excellence and caring. She reveals them all. And, most of all, as Marion counsels: "Once you know how to sell yourself, you can do anything!"

No feminine fluff
This book is not an anti-male diatribe, nor is it sentimental gush.Marion Luna Brem's book provides incredibly practical advice useful to both genders.And yet she does not shy from her own femininity in her writing; she is not afraid to appeal to women's sensibilities or leverage their natural tendencies.Brem provides tips that are helpful in all aspects of life, since she claims that every relationship involves some kind of "sale," if not a literal one.Topics include utilizing the assets of others,first impressions, negotiating (which is all about relationship), and even styles of dress.This is a worthwhile read for women in a position to sell or promote any product, service, or cause.Men would be well advised to pick it up also.

A worthy read by an inspiring author
I am an entrepreneur who picked up this book because I know I am really always selling something..... and naturally I am attracted to a book about how another woman has excelled in selling.

Marion Luna Brem writes in a friendly, advice filled manner which covers many bases in sales from the simple to complex.

Right from the start she is teaching the reader a different way of thinking.

She asks the reader, "What are you selling?"

That single response was worth the price of the book. All sales people, all businesses, all entrepreneurs are selling "H-E-L-P."I sat with that for a while and thought... yes, she is right.

One favorite chapter was "12 Sure Ways to Increase Sales" which includes 3 of Marion's Principles which are simple, strategic and yes, within the chapter refreshingly expanded upon.In a nutshell, they are ask -always work beyond expectation;Get the Word Out; and Stay With It.)

The content is mostly based on selling a physical product, one at a time (like the author sells cars, one at a time to one customer at a time)the lessons could be applicable in other areas as well.

A lesson for women in all careers!
The fact that this book is "paired" for sale with a book on dieting shows a real need for careerwomen to speak out loud and clear about their business and sales skills-rather than bow to society's images! Women show far too much humility about their talents and skills. If we want people to value our skills, we must first show that we value ourselves - by making sure our accomplishments are visible to targeted audiences. If we want people to hire us, buy from us, and invest in our companies, they have to know who we are, what we have accomplished and why they should do business with us! Self-promotion is not bragging. It is a valuable business tool that careerwomen must add to their strategies for success. (Review by: Marion E. Gold, author of the "Personal Publicity Planner: A Guide to Marketing YOU" and "TOP COPS: Profiles of Women in Command." ... Read more

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This book on the legal aspects of aerospace activities from government procurement to insurance, financing, communications, space transportation, intellectual property, trade, antitrust and technology transfer is comprehensive but self-contained and practical. The rational distribution of materials among 11 chapters makes topics of specific interest easy to find. This guide is essential reading for executives of aerospace companies and their contractors as well as employees of government agencies, lawyers, and other professionals. ... Read more

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Hugo and Bridgit are two kids who tell each other about their likes and dislikes—things that interest them and things they like to do. Then, with grownups' guidance, they visit interesting places where they might like to work when they grow up. In this book, the kids meet an astronomer who invites them to his observatory, shows them the glories of the sky, and explains how astronomy contributes to the progress of science. Bridgit and Hugo ask questions that most young readers would ask, and get answers that make good sense to kids. But they also have to answer questions of their own. The kind of answers they give will help them understand their own interests, special abilities, and likes and dislikes. This way, boys and girls can figure out which careers will give them the most satisfaction and success when they grow up and go out on the job. Books mix cartoon-style illustrations with photos of fascinating work places, all in full color. ... Read more