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Japan In Space Past, Present and Future
Guided by genius engineer Hideo Itokawa, Japan’s space program began with small scientific satellites more than 50 years ago. Since then, its space...
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Can Science Be Witty? Science Communication Between Critique and Cabaret
"Can science be funny?" takes a close look at an element of modern science communication that is as innovative as it is promising for the future:...
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A Brief Overview of Deep-Sky Imaging Equipment
The process of imaging a deep-sky object is in theory very simple. It involves a telescope or a basic camera and lens that tracks the movement of the...
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Light Pollution and the Night Sky
Our ancestors used the cycle of constellations as a seasonal guide, hel** them decide when it was time for activities such as planting, harvesting...
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Magnetic Mirrors
Following the pinchPinches in the historical development of fusion devices were magnetic mirrorsMagnetic mirrors, which confined plasmasPlasmas by...
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Computer Control of a Telescope
Using a computer to control an amateur telescope adds functionality that wasn’t possible previously and turns a hobby telescope into one capable of...
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Star Death: White Dwarfs and Planetary Nebulae
Stars live for millions, billions and even hundreds of billions of years, and so you may be thinking how on Earth can we know anything about how a...
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An Interlude: Special & General Relativity
If there is one scientist that nearly everyone can name, it is Albert Einstein. Similarly, the one scientific theory that everyone has heard of, is...
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The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
We have already covered many topics in our description of a star’s basic characteristics, such as its mass, radius, spectral type and temperature. We...
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Tools of the Trade
Let us begin our journey with several simple, but also very important, basic concepts that are used throughout all of astronomy, whether amateur of...
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The Sun, Our Nearest Star
In this chapter, we shall look at the Sun, bearing in mind it is a star on the main sequence. With this approach, it is possible to use the Sun as a...
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Overview of Augmented Reality System Organization
To appreciate the developments and advances in augmented reality, it is necessary to have a general understanding of what makes up an augmented...
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Software Tools and Technologies
Several companies are offering tool kits to aid developers in creating applications that work well in an augmented reality environment. A few of the...
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Basic Properties and Functions
Living bodies consume all the substances necessary for life from the external environment. All cells and organisms need nutrients for: (1) constant...
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Multicellular Organisms
The cell, as the backbone of life, is described in Sect. 1.13 . It is a standard unit of organization...
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Fusion Technology
This chapter is an overview of the current state of the art of fusion technology. Because of the imperative of dealing with climate change, most...
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Inertial Electrostatic Confinement
Inertial electrostatic confinement (IECInertial electrostatic confinement (IEC)) uses electric fields to heat plasmaPlasmas to fusion...
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Basics
Hundreds of definitions of “life” have been proposed by scientists and philosophers over hundreds of years of reflection. Some differ fundamentally...
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Information Constancy
Time is one of the basic characteristics of the material world, which determines the dynamism, direction, and interconnection of processes in space....