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This perspective of this book views Earth's various layers as a whole system, and tries to understand how to achieve harmony and sustainable development between human society and nature, with the theme of " habitability of the Earth." This book is one effort at providing an overview of some of the recent exciting advances Chinese geoscientists have made. It is the concerted team effort of a group of researchers from diverse backgrounds to generalize their vision for Earth science in the next 10 years. The book is intended for scholars, administrators of the Science and Technology policy department, and science research funding agencies. This is an open access book.

Geology & the lithosphere --- Earth sciences --- Geophysics --- Astronomy, space & time --- Earth System --- Deep Space --- Deep Earth --- Deep Sea --- Cutting-edge Technology on Earth Science

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Solar-terrestrial physics --- Zon. --- Natuurkunde. --- Sun --- Solar system --- Soleil --- Système solaire --- Solar terrestrial interactions --- Solar-terrestrial relations --- Sun-Earth connection --- Terrestrial-solar relations --- Solar-terrestrial physics. --- Solar system. --- Sun. --- Geophysics --- Solar activity --- Milky Way --- Deep space --- Physics.

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The Space Age is nearly 50 years old but exploration of the outer planets and beyond has only just begun. Deep-Space Probes Second Edition draws on the latest research to explain why we should explore beyond the edge of the Solar System and how we can build highly sophisticated robot spacecraft to make the journey. Many technical problems remain to be solved, among them propulsion systems to permit far higher velocities, and technologies to build vehicles a fraction of the size of today’s spacecraft. Beyond the range of effective radio control, robot vehicles for exploring deep space will need to be intelligent, ‘thinking’ craft – able to make vital decisions entirely on their own. Gregory Matloff also looks at the possibility for human travel into interstellar space, and some of the immense problems that such journeys would entail. This second edition includes an entirely new chapter on holographic message plaques for future interstellar probes – a NASA-funded project.

Space probes. --- Deep space probes --- Probes, Space --- Space vehicles --- Astronautics. --- Astrophysics. --- Engineering. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Automotive Engineering. --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Aerospace engineering. --- Space sciences. --- Automotive engineering. --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering

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The second edition of Solar System Astrophysics: Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System provides a timely update of our knowledge of planetary atmospheres and the bodies of the outer solar system and their analogs in other planetary systems. This volume begins with an expanded treatment of the physics, chemistry, and meteorology of the atmospheres of the Earth, Venus, and Mars, moving on to their magnetospheres and then to a full discussion of the gas and ice giants and their properties. From here, attention switches to the small bodies of the solar system, beginning with the natural satellites. Then comets, meteors, meteorites, and asteroids are discussed in order, and the volume concludes with the origin and evolution of our solar system. Finally, a fully revised section on extrasolar planetary systems puts the development of our system in a wider and increasingly well understood galactic context. All of the material is presented within a framework of historical importance. This book and its sister volume, Solar System Astrophysics: Background Science and the Inner Solar system, are pedagogically well written, providing clearly illustrated explanations, for example, of such topics as the numerical integration of the Adams-Williamson equation, the equations of state in planetary interiors and atmospheres, Maxwell’s equations as applied to planetary ionospheres and magnetospheres, and the physics and chemistry of the Habitable Zone in planetary systems. Together, the volumes form a comprehensive text for any university course that aims to deal with all aspects of solar and extra-solar planetary systems.  They will appeal separately to the intellectually curious who would like to know just how far our knowledge of the solar system has progressed in recent years.

Astrophysics. --- Planet. --- Solar system. --- Astrophysics --- Extrasolar planets --- Planetary science --- Planets --- Comets --- Meteors --- Meteorites --- Asteroids --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astronomy - General --- Atmospheres --- Ionospheres --- Magnetospheres --- Origin --- Atmospheres. --- Atmospheres of planets --- Planetary atmospheres --- Astronomical physics --- Physics. --- Planetology. --- Astronomy. --- Cosmology. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Milky Way --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Deep space

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The Andromeda Galaxy - Messier's M31 - has an almost romantic appeal. It is the most distant object and the only extragalactic object that is visible to the unaided human eye. It is also almost a twin of the Milky Way Galaxy and our neighbor in space, now known to be about 2.5 million light-years away. The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy examines ancient and modern astronomical studies of Andromeda and the galaxy's critical role in the development of the science of astrophysics and our growing knowledge of the universe. At the start of the twentieth century the universe was thought of as a finite cosmos dominated by the Milky Way. The study of Andromeda shattered that image, leading ultimately to the conception of an infinite universe of countless galaxies and vast distances. Even today, M31 is a major source of new astronomical discoveries, and it also remains one of the most popular (and rewarding) celestial objects for amateur astronomers to observe and study. Andromeda was once a popular object of folklore and later became central to our understanding of the universe. For all who are interested in astronomy, the skies, and perhaps even the origins of the universe, The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy provides a first-of-its-kind accessible, informative, and highly readable account of how the study and observation of this celestial object has driven the development of astronomy from ancient times to the present.

Andromeda galaxy. --- Astronomy -- History. --- Astronomy. --- Astronomy --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astrophysics --- Astronomy - General --- History --- History. --- Andromeda Galaxy. --- Andromeda (Nebula) --- Andromeda Spiral --- M31 (Astronomy) --- NGC224 (Astronomy) --- Physics. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- History of Science. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Observations. --- Local Group (Astronomy) --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Deep space --- Andromeda --- M31 --- NGC224