Cosmic Heritage

Author: Peter Shaver
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642202616
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
This book follows the evolutionary trail all the way from the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago to conscious life today. It is an accessible introductory book written for the interested layperson – anyone interested in the ‘big picture’ coming from modern science. It covers a wide range of topics including the origin and evolution of our universe, the nature and origin of life, the evolution of life including questions of birth and death, the evolution of cognition, the nature of consciousness, the possibility of extraterrestrial life and the future of the universe. The book is written in a narrative style, as these topics are all parts of a single story. It concludes with a discussion on the nature and future of science.

Cosmic Discovery

Author: Martin Harwit
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108722040
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375

Book Description
The search -- Discoveries -- Observation -- Detection, recognition, and classification of cosmic phenomena -- The fringes of legitimacy : the need for enlightened planning.

Cosmic Evolution

Author: Eric J. Chaisson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674009878
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Chaisson addresses some of the most basic issues we can contemplate: the origin of matter and the origin of life, and the ways matter, life, and radiation interact and change with time. He designs for us an expansive yet intricate model depicting the origin and evolution of all material structures.

The New Human

Author: Mary Rodwell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980755510
Category : Alien abduction
Languages : en
Pages : 406

Book Description
Families, children and adults share their stories of encounters with non-human intelligences and their understanding of a intimate connection genetically. Are non human intelligences assisting humanity to evolve into a new aware specie?.Exponential increase in indigos' ADHD, Dyslexia, Asbergers and Autism, are they New programs for humanity?

Cosmic Revelation

Author: Ann Valentin
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1634281365
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 215

Book Description
Many times upon completion of a journey you review events and are amazed at how quickly time passed and what has occurred. So it is with a single life experience or many. Hundreds, thousands, or millions of years may have passed historically, but in reality these are only happenings in the experience of a soul's eternal existence. Therefore, we will endeavor through this book's information to give you a fuller understanding of the realities of life so that the spiritual aspect of you can be more in harmony with your physical body's existence. Cosmic Revelation offers a glimpse into our personal relationship with Earth. Is our destiny as an individual predetermined before birth? If yes, where does free will and free choice enter into the picture? We speak of peace, however the world is still in turmoil. Millions of individuals are hungry, poor, and homeless. We have the technology to feed everyone, to ensure every human being on the planet has clean drinking water and safe shelter. Is it that greed rules the globe? Peace is possible. It's been talked about for hundreds and thousands of years, yet it seems elusive. Cosmic Revelation is a book that calls upon you to listen to your soul and reach out for peace and the preservation of our planet.

Stories for a Lost Child

Author: Carter Meland
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628952962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
The summer before going into high school, Fiona receives a mysterious box in the mail, one that she hopes will answer her questions about her Anishinaabe Indian heritage. It contains stories written by the grandfather she never knew, an Anishinaabe man her mother refuses to talk about. As she reads his stories about blackbirds and bigfoot, as well as tales about Indians in space and homeless Native men camping by the river in Minneapolis, Fiona finds other questions arising—questions about her grandfather and the experiences that shaped his stories, questions about her mother’s silence regarding the grandfather she never knew. Fiona’s desire to know more and her mother’s reluctance to share stir up bitter feelings of anger and disappointment that slowly transform as she reads the stories into a warmer understanding of the difficulties of family, love, and the weight of the past.

Cosmic Order and Cultural Astronomy

Author: Rana Singh
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443816078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Throughout the Indian subcontinent there are territories and areas wherein culture, geography, and the archetypal cosmos interact with each other to create a sacredscape that is infused with meaning, cultural performances and transcendent power. These sacred sites possess extensive mythological associations where believed that spirit can cross between different realms. In a broad perspective such studies falls within the realm of cultural astronomy, which has two broad areas, viz. archaeoastronomy, concerned with the study of the use of astronomy and its role in ancient cultures and civilizations; and ethnoastronomy that studies the use of astronomy and its role in contemporary cultures. The seven essays in this volume deals with the critical appraisal of studying cultural astronomy and cosmic order and its implications in India, illustrated with case studies like heritagescape of Khajuraho, where stone speaks; manescape of Gaya, where manes come and bless the devotees; Deviscape of Vindhyachal, where goddess resorts; Shivascape of Kashi, where Shiva dances in making order; Shaktiscape of Kashi, that possesses the spatial ordering of goddesses; and Naturscape of Chitrakut, where mother earth blesses.

Heritage, Landscape and Restoration of Historical Gardens

Author: Mirela Adriana Anghelache
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3736965834
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
The book is dedicated to historical gardens seen from a multidisciplinary perspective: landscape architecture, architecture, urban planning, art history, geoscience, digital methods, bibiotheconomy etc.. Outgoing point was a research about the gardens of the counts Károlyi, a noble family with headquarters close of the three country corner Romania-Hungary-Ukraine but properties also in Slovakia and having an architect who was landscape architect in Austria. The introduction shows an overview of the research programmes in frame of which it was performed and of the results. Because the second part of the research on Károlyi heritage was performed during the pandemic, instead of field trips specialist opinions were invited resulting in this book. The conclusions show how green spaces in itself are not only subject of study during the pandemic but also a factor to cope with it. The main body is structured into a feature paper on the Károlyi heritage in Slovakia as well as interviews from Romania and abroad structured around the contemporary challenges in the heritage, landscape and restoration of historical gardens. The invited specialists answered the same 5 questions. Three of them also visited other Károlyi gardens, two of them on the purpose of intervention. The book includes images and plans of gardens across Europe including Romania, Italy, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands apart of Slovakia. Also methodological approaches are included

Scientific Analysis of Cultural Heritage Objects

Author: Michael Wiescher
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031020871
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
The characterization of cultural heritage objects becomes increasingly important for conservation, restoration, dating, and authentication purposes. The use of scientific methods in archaeometry and conservation science has led to a significant broadening of the field. Scientific analysis of these objects is a challenging task due to their complex composition, artistic and historical values requiring the use of minimally invasive and nondestructive analytical procedures. This textbook summarizes scientific methods that are currently used to characterize objects of cultural heritage and archaeological artifacts. This book provides a brief description of the structure of matter at the molecular, atomic, and nuclear levels. Furthermore, it discusses the chemical and physical nature of materials from the molecular to the atomic and nuclear level as determined by the principles of quantum mechanics. Important aspects of natural and anthropogenic radioactivity that play a critical role for some of the analytical techniques are also emphasized. The textbook also provides principals and applications of spectroscopic methods for characterization of cultural heritage objects. It describes the technologies with specific examples for utilization of spectroscopic techniques in the characterization of paintings, books, coins, ceramics, and other objects. Analytic approaches that employ isotopes and determination of isotope ratios will be reviewed. General principles of imaging techniques and specific examples for utilization of these methods will also be summarized. In the later part of the book, a number of scientific techniques for the age determination of cultural heritage material and archaeological artifacts will be presented and discussed with specific examples.

Cosmic Collisions

Author: Dana Desonie
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805038442
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
An encyclopedia encompassing a variety of natural science subjects relating to the understanding of weather and climate including the technology and policy discussions which have become part of contemporary environmental and political debates impacting forestry, aviation, famine relief, and pollution. Each entry is a short essay written by one of the over 200 distinguished contributing scholars; entries are cross-referenced and are written at different levels of technicality, making the reference suitable for scientists and non- scientists alike. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR