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The sun : a user's manual
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ISBN: 9781402068812 1402068808 9781402068805 9048177499 9786611954604 9781402066805 1281954608 1402068816 Year: 2008 Publisher: [Dordrecht] : Springer,

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The Sun is an account of the many ways in which our nearest star affects our planet, how its influence has changed over the last few centuries and millennia, and the extent to which we can predict its future impact. The Sun's rays foster the formation of Vitamin D by our bodies, but it can also promote skin cancer, cataracts, and mutations in our DNA. Besides providing the warmth and light essential to most animal and plant life, solar energy contributes substantially to global warming. Although the charged particles of the solar wind shield us from harmful cosmic rays, solar storms may damage artificial satellites and cripple communication systems and computer networks. The Sun is the ideal renewable energy source, but its exploitation is still bedevilled by the problems of storage and distribution. Our nearest star, in short, is a complex machine which needs to be treated with caution, and this book will equip every reader with the knowledge that is required to understand the benefits and dangers it can bring.

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Physics. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Climate Change. --- Meteorology/Climatology. --- Physical geography. --- Meteorology. --- Climatic changes. --- Physique --- Géographie physique --- Météorologie --- Climat --- Changements --- Solar energy. --- Solar radiation --Physiological effect. --- Sun. --- Solar radiation --- Solar energy --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astronomy - General --- Astrophysics --- Physiological effect --- Physiological effect. --- Solar power --- Sunshine --- Geophysics. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Astrophysics. --- Climate change. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Observations. --- Solar system --- Force and energy --- Renewable energy sources --- Medical climatology --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Geography --- Environmental aspects --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Atmospheric sciences --- Earth sciences --- Atmosphere --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Global environmental change

Archaeological sites in their setting
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ISBN: 0500020906 9780500020906 Year: 1978 Volume: 90 Publisher: London: Thames and Hudson,


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The Mediterranean valleys: : geological changes in historical times
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ISBN: 0521073553 9780521073554 Year: 1969 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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Solar history : an introduction
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ISSN: 21919100 ISBN: 9400742940 9786613946164 9400742959 128363371X Year: 2013 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer,

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Beyond the four centuries of sunspot observation and the five decades during which artificial satellites have monitored the Sun – that is to say for 99.99999% of the Sun’s existence – our knowledge of solar history depends largely on analogy with kindred main sequence stars, on the outcome of various kinds of modelling, and on indirect measures of solar activity. They include the analysis of lunar rocks and meteorites for evidence of solar flares and other components of the solar cosmic-ray (SCR) flux, and the measurement of cosmogenic isotopes in wood, stratified ice and marine sediments to evaluate changes in the galactic cosmic-ray (GCR) flux and thus infer changes in the sheltering magnetic fields of the solar wind. In addition, shifts in the global atmospheric circulation which appear to result from cyclic fluctuations in solar irradiance have left their mark in river sediments and in the isotopic composition of cave deposits. In this volume the results these sources have already produced have been summarised, paying special attention to those that reflect processes in different parts of the Sun’s interior and that display periodicities and trends which may enable us to forecast future large-scale environmental changes.


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The sun today
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ISBN: 3030040798 303004078X 9783030040789 Year: 2018 Publisher: Cham: Springer,

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From the reviews of other books by Claudio Vita-Finzi: The Sun – A User’s Manual (2008) ….this, jargon-free, concise, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable book… D.W. Hughes, Times Literary Supplement Solar History (2013) ....a book that is supremely informative, intensely stimulating and enjoyable to read... Ian Seymour, Astronomy Now A History of the Solar System (2016) ...there is a huge amount of useful information in this book that would benefit anyone who needed more detail than is available in a typical popular science title. Brian Clegg, Popular Science.


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Solar History : An Introduction
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ISBN: 9789400742956 Year: 2013 Publisher: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands

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Beyond the four centuries of sunspot observation and the five decades during which artificial satellites have monitored the Sun – that is to say for 99.99999% of the Sun’s existence – our knowledge of solar history depends largely on analogy with kindred main sequence stars, on the outcome of various kinds of modelling, and on indirect measures of solar activity. They include the analysis of lunar rocks and meteorites for evidence of solar flares and other components of the solar cosmic-ray (SCR) flux, and the measurement of cosmogenic isotopes in wood, stratified ice and marine sediments to evaluate changes in the galactic cosmic-ray (GCR) flux and thus infer changes in the sheltering magnetic fields of the solar wind. In addition, shifts in the global atmospheric circulation which appear to result from cyclic fluctuations in solar irradiance have left their mark in river sediments and in the isotopic composition of cave deposits. In this volume the results these sources have already produced have been summarised, paying special attention to those that reflect processes in different parts of the Sun’s interior and that display periodicities and trends which may enable us to forecast future large-scale environmental changes.


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A History of the Solar System
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ISBN: 9783319338507 Year: 2016 Publisher: Cham Springer International Publishing

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This well illustrated book presents a compact history of the Solar System from its dusty origins 4,600,000 years ago to the present day. Its primary aim is to show how the planets and their satellites, comets, meteors, interplanetary dust, solar radiation and cosmic rays continually interact, sometimes violently, and it reflects humanity's progress in exploring and interpreting this history. The book is intended for a general readership at a time when human and robotic exploration of space is often in the news and should also appeal to students at all levels. It covers the essentials but refers to a large literature which can be accessed via the internet.


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The Sun Today
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ISBN: 9783030040796 Year: 2018 Publisher: Cham Springer International Publishing

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From the reviews of other books by Claudio Vita-Finzi: The Sun – A User’s Manual (2008) ….this, jargon-free, concise, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable book… D.W. Hughes, Times Literary Supplement Solar History (2013) ....a book that is supremely informative, intensely stimulating and enjoyable to read... Ian Seymour, Astronomy Now A History of the Solar System (2016) ...there is a huge amount of useful information in this book that would benefit anyone who needed more detail than is available in a typical popular science title. Brian Clegg, Popular Science.


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Recent earth history
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ISBN: 0333150279 Year: 1973 Publisher: London MacMillan

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Tharros
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Year: 1986 Publisher: Sassari Delfino

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