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This work shows the development of a dispatchingsystem to supply the telescope of the StratosphericObservatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) withspare parts. It introduces the theory of logistics ¿in particular the spare parts logistics. Currentprocesses become analyzed and weak points areinspected. Design of concept is comprised of: warehouse administration software, warehouse,material planning strategies, part number allocationfor the dispatching system as well as the evaluationof variants. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Camping Life, published by Ehlert Publishing Group on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1040 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: Teetering eggs, vanishing moons and shooting stars.(Astronomy)
Author: Dave Kelley
Publication: Camping Life (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2004
Publisher: Ehlert Publishing Group
Volume: 7Issue: 6Page: 20(1)

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In the all-aspects approach, students will see all the components that are necessary to run any organization or business, giving them a clearer understanding of how their skills and interests relate to the world of work. Launching Connections shows nine elements common to all businesses and organizations - from a large corporation to the corner bakery, a school to a household. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Astronomy and Astrophysics," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Astronomy and Astrophysics in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Astronomy and Astrophysics when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Astronomy and Astrophysics, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Fiber Optics Weekly Update, published by Thomson Gale on October 28, 2005. The length of the article is 517 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: Alcatel wins NEPTUNE deal.(SUBMARINE)
Publication: Fiber Optics Weekly Update (Newsletter)
Date: October 28, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 25Issue: 43Page: 2(2)

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Many able and cultured writers have delighted to expatiate on the beauties of Milton's ' Paradise Lost,' and to linger with admiration over the lofty-utterances expressed in his poem. Though conscious of his inability to do justice to the sublimcst of poets and the noblest of sciences, the author has ventured to contribute to Miltonic literature a work which he hopes will prove to be of an interesting and instructive character. Perhaps the choicest passages in the poem arc associated with astronomical allusion, and it is chiefly to the exposition and illustration of these that this volume is devoted.
The writer is indebted to many authors for information and reference, and especially to Miss Agnes M. Clerke, Professors Masson and Young, Mr. James Nasmyth, Mr. G. P. Chambers, and Sir Kobert Ball. Also to the works of the late Mr.


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I A Short Historical Sketch of Astronomy 1; II Astronomy in the Seventeenth Century 45; III Milton's Astronomical Knowledge 81; IV Milton and Galileo 113; V The Seasons 140; VI The Starry Heavens 152; VII The Starry Heavens 200; VIII Descriftion of Celestial Objects Mentioned in; 'Paradise Lost' 244; IX Milton's Imaginative and Descriptive Astronomy 806

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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org ... Read more

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Denver International Airport, completed in 1995, is both famous and infamous in the aviation industry and with the flying public. The largest and most technology advanced airport on earth, its construction was plagued by massive cost overruns, political and financial scandals, and embarrassing technical difficulties. Denver International Airport: Lessons Learned tells the fascinating story of what went wrong, what went right, and what we can learn from this great public works project. ... Read more

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A few words about the author
I had the extraordinary good fortune to have Paul Dempsey as a professor at the University of Denver College of Law. DU Law School is nationally, if not internationally, recognized as having one of the best transportation law programs in the United States. Paul Dempsey is, more than anyone, responsible for this honor. He regularly travels the globe as a consultant in all areas of transportation law. In the year I had Professor Dempsey, he went to China and Italy to consult with the local governments. Dempsey is also a founding and continuing member of the board of Frontier Airlines. If you are a CNN junkie, you've probably seen Dempsey testifying before Congress. In short, if you want the definitive inside scoop on the airline industry, and the building of DIA, you're not likely to find a more informed person than this guy.

Dempsey is a prolific author, and a highly respected academic. He has published far more than what you see listed here at Amazon.com.

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Tome on DIA covers all bases
Lessons Learned is a long-winded tome on DIA and the complexities of airport management and design. Most of the book's facts and information are derived from already published sources. I would have liked to have seenexclusive interviews with the actual people involved in the making of DIA(politicians, workers, et al) -- this book is simply devoid of theinvestigative touch. Nevertheless, a lot of time and work went into writingLessons Learned, of which the authors deserve credit. DIA is a story worthyof the 500 plus pages of material, unfortunately Lessons Learned drifts offinto territory that will only interest those involved in airport design andmanagement -- some of the technical discussion is boring and does notpertain to DIA directly. The book doesexplain in detail the politicalmaneuvering within Denver that went into the making of DIA -- this materialis the most interesting part of the book. In conclusion, if you share aninterest in DIA or airports, get this book. I did and I don't regret it. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 654 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: Binocular telescope puts heavens in focus; telescope mimicking humans' two-eyed vision cuts glare from stars.(Technology)
Author: Cynthia G. Wagner
Publication: The Futurist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: World Future Society
Volume: 38Issue: 2Page: 12(1)

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This digital document is an article from Daedalus, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2722 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: Pluto, perception & planetary politics.
Author: David Jewitt
Publication: Daedalus (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 136Issue: 1Page: 132(5)

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This digital document is an article from SAM Advanced Management Journal, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2007. The length of the article is 3562 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: The "other" Art of War: strategic implications of Sun Pin's Bing Fa.
Author: Charles A. Rarick
Publication: SAM Advanced Management Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 72Issue: 4Page: 4(5)

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The age of merely looking at the heavens, of mapping and cataloguing the positions of the stars down to fainter and fainter limits, is past. Throughout that long period the pace of astronomical discovery was necessarily very slow and for centuries it remained virtually static. The invention of the telescope and then the spectroscope brought about an acceleration in the rate of progress which has continued unabated to the present day. Scarcely a year now passes without some spectacular advance being made, so that today, with the co-operation of modern techniques in physics, chemistry, rocket technology and biology, many of the older notions have been completely overthrown and new ideas set up in their place. And now the rapidly developing techniques of rocket research have made it possible to carry astronomical instruments beyond the atmosphere which confines our visual and photographic observations to an extremely narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum. Now we are able to view the universe in ultra-violet and infra-red light, and by X-rays and radio emissions which are otherwise almost completely absorbed by the atmosphere.

Each problem that is solved, however, only serves to present us with a host of others in increasing complexity. The boundaries are being pushed back steadily, it is true, but the realm of the partially understood and the totally unknown is still as great as ever, and it is with this vast no-man's-land of astronomy that this book is concerned. It deals, amongst other subjects, with astronomical instruments and their application, recent discoveries in the solar system, stellar evolution, the exploding stars, the galaxies, quasars, pulsars, the possibilities of extraterrestial life, relativity, etc. With this book as a guide, the reader cannot fail to experience some of the tremendous fascination of present-day astronomy and its innumerable unsolved problems.

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A thorough explanation and analysis of the most commonly discussed options for the immediate future of space exploration. This comes at a critical time in our space program, as the nation and the world considers its next step: space stations? Space colonization? A mission to Mars? Manned or un-manned? Do we use space for military advantage? Running through the book will be a 'roundtable discussion' quoting or excerpting nationally prominent thinkers in the field. ... Read more

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As space-orientated activities increase, so the need for personnel other than scientific and technical staff increases. This study details a strategy for a space personnel deployment system, and examines the challenges of space settlement within an isolated, confined, extreme or exotic environment. A complete overview of the challenges created by space industrialization, including the commercial, legal and political ramifications, is included. Space habitation plans for both NASA and the European Space Agency are reviewed, along with the US Space Exploration Initiative and its implications. ... Read more

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In this fascinating book, the reader is offered a selection of papers summarizing the unique contribution to modern cosmology of the Soviet school, led by the late Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich. The first three articles in this selection introduce the general reader to the underlying theories of cosmology: the birth and expansion of the Universe, matter and antimatter. The remaining five contributions are review papers offering the more advanced reader a deeper understanding of the structure of the universe, cosmological field theory, microwave background radiation and galactic distribution. The balance of introductory and advanced papers makes My Universe a work of value for graduate students entering the field, for research workers expanding their knowledge, and for the layman seeking an insight into one of the most important subjects of the 20th century. ... Read more

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A great collection of works by a great scientist
This is an excellent collection of works by one of the great and universal scientists of the 20th century.This should not be considered as a textbook; this is really a collection of review papers, both expositional for the lay audience, and rather advanced articles.This book provides a great introduction at provides an overview of the state of the field as of 1987.Some of the speculations have proven to be true, others forgotten, while many are still open.The book is interesting as an introductory overview of the subjects, as well as a historical perspective.
The cost was a little high, considering that it is a paperback.

Good Book
This is heavy stuff, and it took me a while to get through, but it was definitely worth it! The author offers solid scientificinformation alongside his own personal insights and feelings into the science of theuniverse. ... Read more