Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta William Sheehan
yhteensä 51 hakutulosta
Hard Local War
FOLLOWING years of discontent over Home Rule and the Easter Rising, the deaths of two Royal Irish Constabulary policemen in Soloheadbeg at the hands of the IRA in 1919 signalled …
The Plantation at Prospect Hill
The true story of one of the oldest plantations in central Virginia and the people that lived there over a span of centuries. This story is about the romance between Nannie Branch …
Discovering Mars
For millenia humans have considered Mars the most fascinating planet in our solar system. We've watched this Earth-like world first with the naked eye, then using telescopes, and, …
In Search Of Planet Vulcan
The intriguing narrative of one of astronomy's strangest searches for a planet that never existed.
Celestial Shadows
Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing …
Planets and Perception
Do we really know what we see through a telescope? How does the ocular system construct planetary images, and how does the brain interpret them? Drawing on both astronomical and …
In Search of Planet Vulcan
Planet Mars
Twenty years after the Viking missions of the 70s, we are finally going back to Mars. No fewer than ten missions are planned for the period between 1996 and 2003, and it is likely …
Galactic Encounters
Written by William Sheehan, a noted historian of astronomy, and Christopher J. Conselice, a professional astronomer specializing in galaxies in the early universe, this book tells …
Images of Sarsfield Barracks
Space Age Generation
In 1957 Sputnik launched toward the stars. President Kennedy then announced that the United States would send men to the Moon and then return them to Earth.These pivotal moments …