Publisher: BookRix
In this book, exercises are carried out regarding the following physics topics:theory of special and general relativityrelativistic cosmologyastronomy and astrophysics
Early on 1 September 1914, the Germans surprised 1st Cavalry Brigade harboring in the little town of Nry. Their initial bombardment caused chaos and destruction and the British took time to organize themselves. The actions of two batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery were eventually so successful that even today there is a battery known as Nry Battery RHA. The Queens Bays a cavalry regiment, charged in classic style and the Germans, who mistakenly thought they were out numbered, withdrew with heavy casualties.Of the three VCs, two were posthumous.While a small engagement by later Great War standards, Nry is a classic case study of an artillery duel and cavalry action.Show book
A natural history of rain, told through a lyrical blend of science, cultural history, and human drama It is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of all the world's water. Yet this is the first audiobook to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science-the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of colored rains-with the human story of our attempts to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2,203 miles of levees that attempt to straitjacket the Mississippi River. It offers a glimpse of our "founding forecaster," Thomas Jefferson, who measured every drizzle long before modern meteorology. Two centuries later, rainy skies would help inspire Morrissey's mopes and Kurt Cobain's grunge. Rain is also a travelogue, taking readers to Scotland to tell the surprising story of the mackintosh raincoat, and to India, where villagers extract the scent of rain from the monsoon-drenched earth and turn it into perfume. Now, after thousands of years spent praying for rain or worshiping it; burning witches at the stake to stop rain or sacrificing small children to bring it; mocking rain with irrigated agriculture and cities built in floodplains; even trying to blast rain out of the sky with mortars meant for war, humanity has finally managed to change the rain. Only not in ways we intended. As climate change upends rainfall patterns and unleashes increasingly severe storms and drought, Barnett shows rain to be a unifying force in a fractured world. Too much and not nearly enough, rain is a conversation we share, and this is an audiobook for everyone who has ever experienced it.Show book
Are you up for a trip through the ultimate neighborhood? Join astrophysicist Hugh Ross for an insider’s look at our cosmic neighborhood, where you’ll see everything from the largest-scale structure of the universe to Earth’s innermost layers. In Designed to the Core, Ross explains how the most sophisticated scientific instruments reveal exquisite “interior designs” throughout the universe that are ideally suited for human habitation here on Earth right now. This scientific excursion takes us to the interior structures of super-superclusters of galaxies, clusters of galaxies, local galaxies, our Milky Way Galaxy, the Sun, our planetary system, the Moon, and Earth’s interior—all of which reveal fine-tuning that manifests a Designer’s planning and preparation.Please note that you may download accompanying PDFs that provide enhanced materials for this audiobook at https://reasons.org/audiobooks.Show book
If you want to turn your online business into a money printing machine that generates over $12,649 a month, then keep reading!Entrepreneurs and influencers all around the world are starting to pay attention to the business opportunities offered by the internet. In fact, during the last year alone, online commerce has seen a growth of over 27% and this trend will not change very soon. However, even if the numbers look incredible, big brands and companies have not saturated the entire market yet. Why? Because they have still to shift their focus from old school tactics to powerful social media strategies. This allows retailers and new entrepreneurs to take full advantage of users' attention, which is greatly underpriced at this moment. You have to act fast, because once big companies start to deploy large sums of money into the digital space, it will be almost impossible for the average Joe to start a profitable online business. This is why you need to start today, following the right strategies that teach you how to actually monetize your online presence.Here is what you will discover in this book:- The 7 fundamental tools of social media marketing and how to use them to turn your business into a cash cow;- The 4 secret strategies to increase sales and generate more revenue and how you can apply them for FREE!- The best social media platform to find leads for your business and how to automate the process. Hint: it is not what you think!- The beauty of social media marketing is that it can be done with little money. Being able to position yourself effectively is the best way to assure your business a long lasting success and this book will show you how to do it!- ...and much, much more!Each strategy will be explained step by step with one goal in mind: monetization!It is time to turn their attention into sales!Click “Buy Now” and get this book today!Show book
Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles—humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade—threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are struggling to keep up.A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing, The Journeys of Trees explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine. Journalist Zach St. George visits these trees in forests across continents, finding sequoias losing their needles in California, fossil records showing the paths of ancient forests in Alaska, domesticated pines in New Zealand, and tender new sprouts of blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes, St. George meets lively people on conservation's front lines, from an ecologist studying droughts to an evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with activists, biologists, and foresters, each with their own role to play in the fight for the uncertain future of our environment.Show book
Sidelights on Relativity contains ETHER AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, an address delivered on May 5th, 1920, in the University of Leyden; and GEOMETRY AND EXPERIENCE, an expanded form of an address to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin on January 27th, 1921. (Intro from Project Gutenberg)Show book
