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The 23rd cycle
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ISBN: 0231505930 9780231505932 0231120788 0231120796 9780231120791 9780231120784 Year: 2001 Publisher: New York Columbia University Press

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On March 13, 1989, the entire Quebec power grid collapsed, automatic garage doors in California suburbs began to open and close without apparent reason, and microchip production came to a halt in the Northeast; in space, communications satellites had to be manually repointed after flipping upside down, and pressure readings on hydrogen tank supplies on board the Space Shuttle Discovery peaked, causing NASA to consider aborting the mission. What was the cause of all these seemingly disparate events? Sten Odenwald gives convincing evidence of the mischievous-and potentially catastrophic-power of solar storms and the far-reaching effects of the coming "big one" brewing in the sun and estimated to culminate in the twenty-third cycle in the year 2001 and beyond. When the sun undergoes its cyclic "solar maximum," a time when fierce solar flares and storms erupt, fantastic auroras will be seen around the world. But the breathtaking spectacles will herald a potentially disastrous chain of events that merit greater preparation than Y2K. Is anyone listening?The 23rd Cycle traces the previously untold history of solar storms and the ways in which they were perceived by astronomers-and even occasionally covered up by satellite companies. Punctuated with an insert containing dramatic color images showing the erupting sun, the book also includes a history of the record of auroral sightings, accounts of communications blackouts from the twentieth century, a list of industries sensitive to solar storms, and information about radiation and health issues.

Humanity from African naissance to coming millennia : colloquia in human biology and palaeoanthropology
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ISBN: 8884530032 9788884530035 9781868143740 1868143740 Year: 2001 Publisher: Firenze University Press

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Humanity From African Naissance to Coming Millennia arises out of the world's first Dual Congress that was held at Sun City (South Africa) in 1998 that refers to a conjoint, integrated meeting of two international scientific associations, the International Association for the Study of Human Palaeontology - IV Congress - and the International Association of Human Biologists. The volume includes 39 refereed papers covering a wide range of topics, from Human Biology, Human Evolution (Emerging Homo, Evolving Homo, Early Modern Humans), Dating, Taxonomy and Systematics, Diet, Brain Evolution, offering the most recent analyses and interpretations in different areas of evolutionary anthropology.

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Genetic Processes --- Earth Sciences --- Anthropology, Physical --- Catarrhini --- Biological Processes --- Haplorhini --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Biological Phenomena --- Genetic Phenomena --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Phenomena and Processes --- Primates --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Hominidae --- Biological Evolution --- Paleontology --- Phylogeography --- Evolution, Biological --- Sociobiology --- Hominini --- Pongidae --- Apes --- Hominids --- Hominins --- Homo --- Ape --- Hominid --- Hominin --- Homininus --- Eucarya --- Eukarya --- Eukaryotes --- Eukaryotas --- Eukaryote --- Animalia --- Animal --- Metazoa --- Chordates --- Chordate --- Vertebrate --- Mammalia --- Mammal --- Anthropoids --- Anthropoidea --- Monkeys --- Monkey --- Natural Sciences --- Physical Sciences --- Discipline, Natural Science --- Disciplines, Natural Science --- Natural Science --- Natural Science Discipline --- Physical Science --- Science, Natural --- Science, Physical --- Sciences, Natural --- Sciences, Physical --- Biologic Phenomena --- Biological Phenomenon --- Biological Process --- Phenomena, Biological --- Phenomena, Biologic --- Phenomenon, Biological --- Process, Biological --- Processes, Biological --- Physical Anthropology --- Earth Science --- Geoscience --- Geosciences --- Science, Earth --- Sciences, Earth --- Genetic Concepts --- Genetic Phenomenon --- Genetic Process --- Concept, Genetic --- Concepts, Genetic --- Genetic Concept --- Phenomena, Genetic --- Phenomenon, Genetic --- Process, Genetic --- Processes, Genetic --- Molecular Biology --- Primate --- Science, Social --- Sciences, Social --- Social Science --- Anthropology, Prehistoric --- Human evolution --- Prehistoric peoples --- Prehistoric anthropology --- anatomy & histology --- physiology --- methods --- Biological Evolution. --- anatomy. --- physiology. --- methods. --- antropologia --- biologia --- biology --- biological evolution --- evoluzione biologica --- anthropology

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