彗星》一书讲述罗塞塔太空探测器的精彩故事以及以Tchoury彗星为目的地的星际穿越之旅。它的任务 是找到地球所在太阳系的起源和地球生命初现的线索。本书追随一段时长十年、穿越太阳系横跨数百万公里的航程,罗塞塔进入了彗星运行轨道。它的着陆器,菲莱,一所微型科学实验室 直接降落至彗星Tchoury的表面并拍摄现场照片。 本书呈现了此次科学探索的重大胜利,本书从航行带回来的大量照片中挑选*好的部分。本书结构围绕罗塞塔之旅的多个阶段构建:离开地球,冲破大气层,眺望家园之光逐渐远去;掠过月球,接近火星;投入宇宙璀璨繁星,靠近彗星;*终,降落在Tchoury彗星上。这些照片都配备一段说明文字,反映任务目标和人类从这一项科技壮举中取得的成就。本书详细的图片说明为读者提供通俗易懂的科学信息,让读者能够进入主题核心。
本书探讨了现代医学的现状,研究了医学,医保和它们对现代生活的影响,围绕当今的逐步上升的医学成本(包括财物的和道德的)进行了讨论,适合对道德和哲学感兴趣的人以及在医学领域工作的人。 This fascinating entry in The Big Idea series lays out the ethical implications and the costs of modern medicine. Over the course of human history, medicine has achieved incredible successes―but at what cost? This latest book in The Big Idea series explores the state of modern medicine, examining the ethics of medical and healthcare practices and the impact they have on modern life. This fascinating analysis engages with the debate surrounding the escalating costs, both financial and ethical, of medicine today. Intelligent and provocative, Is Medicine Still Good for Us? dissects common assumptions about medicine, helping the reader create their own informed opinion about its extraordinary achievements, limitations, injustices, and inev
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In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the BrazosRiver in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meantthat if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful andsometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, aswould the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked outan existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretchof the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoevoyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumnweather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violentskirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courageand cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river’s people andthe land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a centuryafter its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a trueAmerican classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and apowerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changingnatural env
Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the UnitedStates, tells his personal stories about more than thirty years offighting for social change, from teaching at Spelman College torecent protests against war. A former bombardier in WWII, Zinn emerged in the civil rightsmovement as a powerful voice for justice. Although he's a fiercecritic, he gives us reason to hope that by learning from historyand engaging politically, we can make a difference in theworld.
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Based on the ancient healing tradition from India that datesback thousands of years, The Complete Book of Ayurvedic HomeRemedies offers natural alternatives to conventional medicinesand treatments with practical advice and easy-to-followinstructions. A leading authority in this field, Dr. Vasant Ladfirst explains the principles behind the science of Ayurveda,exploring the physical and psychological characteristics of each ofthe three doshas, or mind-body types--vata, pitta, and kapha. Onceyou have determined which type or combination of types you are, Dr.Lad helps you to begin your journey to the ultimate "state ofbalance" and well-being. The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies is aninvaluable guide to treating common ailments and chronic problemswith strategies tailored to your personal needs based on yourdosha. Dr. Lad explains why certain imbalances often result inillness and shows you how to restore your body to natural order.You'll learn which traditional Ayurvedic remedies--herbal teas andfor
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The Vegetarian Way is the vegetarian bible.It is an authoritative, comprehensive, single-source reference bookfor the growing number of people who are embracing a vegetariandiet, as well as for more than 12 million Americans who are alreadycommitted vegetarians.
The story of the race to the North Pole is told throughmemoirs, letters, ships' logs, and diaries of Arctic explorers,documenting the motives, modes of travel, and remarkable men whoendured the extremes of physical hardship and grim competition,including Robert Peary, Richard Byrd, Fridtjof Nans
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