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This lavishly illustrated new dictionary written by an experienced writer and consultant on astronomy provides an essential guide to the universe for amateur astronomers of all ages. Around 1300 carefully selected and cross-referenced entries are complemented by hundreds of beautiful colour illustrations, taken from space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other major observatories on Earth and in space. Distinguished stellar illustrator Wil Tirion has drawn 20 new star maps especially for inclusion here. A myriad of named astronomical objects, constellations, observatories and space missions are described in detail, as well as biographical sketches for 70 of the most luminous individuals in the history of astronomy and space science. Acronyms and specialist terms are clearly explained, making for the most thorough and carefully assembled reference resource that teachers and enthusiasts of astronomy will ever need.

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Designer und Architekten müssen täglich über Farben entscheiden. Aber wie findet man die wegweisende Inspiration? Die passende Farbe? Wie gehen andere Gestalter oder Künstler mit dem Thema um? Unter dem Titel Chroma, dem griechischen Wort für Farbe, gibt der vorliegende Bildband Antwort auf diese Fragen und macht deutlich, dass Farbe eben nicht nur Dekoration ist, sondern eine der zentralen Problemstellungen kreativer Arbeit. Dabei setzt Chroma auf die sinnliche Erfahrung von Farbe, inspiriert und verführt mit außergewöhnlichen Projekten von Industrieprodukten bis Farbfeldmalerei. Das Buch präsentiert sowohl die Arbeiten jüngerer Designer wie Stefan Diez und Arik Levy als auch die berühmter Künstler wie Ellsworth Kelly. Sämtliche Arbeiten sind großformatig dargestellt und in einer Art Farbverlauf den Kapiteln "monochromatic", "multichromatic" und "achromatic" zugeordnet. Das Spektrum umfasst alle erdenklichen Töne und Kombinationen, von leuchtenden, bunten über dezente Farbkompositionen, bis hin zu Schwarz-Weiß-Kontrasten. Ein weiteres Kapitel analysiert die Arbeit herausragender Künstler, Architekten und Designer wie Gerhard Richter, Konstantin Grcic oder Sauerbruch Hutton, die sich in besonderem Maße mit Farbe auseinandersetzen und zu einer charakteristischen Farbwelt gefunden haben. Ein alphabetischer Index liefert Hintergrundinformationen zu den ausgewählten Personen und Studios. Designers and architects have to make decisions regarding color every day. But how does one find the necessary inspiration? The appropriate color? How do other designers and artists deal with the issue? With Chroma, the Greek word for color, as its title, this illustrated book provides answers to these questions and makes it clear that color is much more than mere decoration - it is one of the central problems of creative work. In the process, Chroma embraces the sensuous experience of color, inspiring and seducing the reader with unusual projects, from industrial products to color field painting. The book presents works by younger designers like Stefan Diez and Arik Levy as well as famous artists like Ellsworth Kelly. All of the works are presented in large-scale reproductions and also in a kind of color gradient, in which they are assigned to the chapters "monochromatic," "multichromatic," and "achromatic." The spectrum encompasses all conceivable shades and combinations, from brilliant and colorful through tasteful and subdued all the way to black-and-white contrasts. An additional chapter analyzes the work of outstanding artists, architects, and designers like Gerhard Richter, Konstantin Grcic, and Sauerbruch Hutton, who grapple with color to an unusual degree and have formulated characteristic chromatic worlds. An alphabetical index provides background information on the artists and studios selected.

Color in architecture -- Pictorial works. --- Color in art -- Pictorial works. --- Color in design -- Pictorial works. --- Visual Arts --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Decorative Arts --- Color in design. --- Color in architecture. --- Color in interior decoration. --- Architectural polychromy --- Buildings --- Color in building --- Color --- Interior decoration --- Polychromy --- Architecture --- Design

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In the twentieth century's first decades, U.S. workers waged an epic struggle to achieve security through unions; simultaneously Americans came to interpret current events through newspaper photographs. Eyes on Labor brings these two revolutions together, revealing how news photography brought workers into the nation's mainstream. Carol Quirke focuses on images ignored by scholars but seen by millions of Americans in the news of the day. Part visual analysis, part labor and cultural history, Quirke analyzes over one hundred photographs: stereographs of the Uprising of 1877, tabloid photos of t

Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century. --- Labor movement -- United States -- Pictorial works. --- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century. --- Labor unions -- United States -- Pictorial works. --- Photography -- United States -- History -- 20th century. --- Labor unions --- Labor movement --- Photography --- Documentary photography --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- History --- Pictorial works --- Labor and laboring classes --- Industrial unions --- Labor, Organized --- Labor organizations --- Organized labor --- Trade-unions --- Unions, Labor --- Unions, Trade --- Working-men's associations --- Social movements --- Societies --- Central labor councils --- Guilds --- Syndicalism --- Pictorial works. --- Syndicats --- Classe ouvrière --- Etats-Unis --- Histoire et critique --- Et la photographie

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Lars Lindberg Christensen, Raquel Yumi Shida & Davide De Martin Cosmic Collisions: The Hubble Atlas of Merging Galaxies Like majestic ships in the grandest night, galaxies can slip ever closer until their mutual gravitational interaction begins to mold them into intricate figures that are finally, and irreversibly, woven together. It is an immense cosmic dance, choreographed by gravity. Cosmic Collisions contains a hundred new, many thus far unpublished, images of colliding galaxies from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It is believed that many present-day galaxies, including the Milky Way, were assembled from such a coalescence of smaller galaxies, occurring over billions of years. Triggered by the colossal and violent interaction between the galaxies, stars form from large clouds of gas in firework bursts, creating brilliant blue star clusters. The importance of these cosmic encounters reaches far beyond the stunning Hubble images. They may, in fact, be among the most important processes that shape the universe we inhabit today. Popular Science ISBN 978-0-387-387-93853-0 Springer.com.

Collisions (Astrophysics). --- Collisions (Astrophysics) -- Pictorial works. --- Galaxies -- Evolution. --- Galaxies -- Formation. --- Galaxies -- Pictorial works. --- Galaxies. --- Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft). --- Collisions (Astrophysics) --- Galaxies --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Astrophysics --- Astronomy - General --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Evolution --- Formation --- Asteroids. --- Minor planets --- Planetoids --- Planets, Minor --- Physics. --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Cosmology. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Near-Earth objects --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft) --- Space Telescope (Spacecraft) --- Large Space Telescope (Spacecraft) --- HST

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This richly illustrated pictorial history of natural disasters has been composed from a large selection of images of a wide variety of sources, mostly private collections. These include reproductions of rare engravings, maps both old and new, sketches, and diagrams. The individual full-page reproductions give historical views on natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, landslides and rock falls. The illustrations are accompanied by text describing the geophysical and historical background of the disasters, the origin of each of the engravings and stories behind the events. At the forefront of this book are the fascinating depictions of famous disasters that occurred from the 14th to the 19th centuries. These include those at Basel in 1356, Tokyo in 1650, Constantinople in 1762, as well as the eruption of Etna in 1669 and the San Francisco earthquakes of 1868 and 1909. The authors move on into the era of living memory too, covering a variety of more recent earthquakes with consequences still felt today. The text of the book goes much further, introducing the reader to the development of the modern view on the dynamical manifestations of the Earth, its structure, and the internal forces that create the conditions for catastrophic events. This is complemented and enriched by maps together with selected larger plates illustrating the early conceptions of the Earth. Finally, the authors present a chronological record of the major milestones in the development of seismology. This book is valuable not only as a scientific chronicle of natural disasters, but also due to its artistic, cultural and historical merits. Key themes: history, engravings, natural disasters, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes Both authors are senior research scientists in the Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Jan Kozák was originally engaged in laboratory seismology and later moved to historical studies in seismology and volcanology. In addition to his scientific work, he has been an ardent collector of old prints; within the last 40 years he collected one of the world largest series – over 2300 of pre-photographic depictions of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. Among his 170 publications there are over ten books of pictorial character dealing mostly with the Earth sciences, and also with historical architecture and European history. Vladimír Cermák is an internationally recognized expert in geothermics, he has coordinated several research programs and convened a number of international symposia and workshops. He pioneered the basic heat flow studies in Europe; he is the author and co-author of several books, atlases and over 200 papers published in various international geological and geophysical journals. V. Cermák served as the Director of the Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (1990-1998), was the Vice-President of the European Geophysical Society (1994-1998), and Chairman of the International Heat Flow Commission of the IASPEI (1995-1999). Currently he is a member of the Academia Europea, German Geophysical Society and American Geophysical Union. He is also the current President of the Czech National Committee of Geodesy and Geophysics.

Earth -- Internal structure -- Pictorial works. --- Earth -- Internal structure. --- Natural disasters -- History -- Pictorial works. --- Natural disasters -- History. --- Natural disasters --- Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Physical Geography --- History --- History. --- Earth --- Internal structure. --- Internal structure --- Natural calamities --- Earth sciences. --- Fine arts. --- Natural disasters. --- Physical geography. --- Nature. --- Environment. --- Earth Sciences. --- Natural Hazards. --- Physical Geography. --- Popular Science in Nature and Environment. --- History, general. --- Fine Arts. --- Disasters --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Geology. --- Life sciences. --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Earth (Planet) --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Population biology --- Ecology