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Monastic and religious life --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Vie religieuse et monastique --- Monachisme et ordres religieux --- History --- Histoire --- Monastery of Apollo at Bawit (Bawit, Egypt) --- Bawit (Egypt) --- Bawit (Egypte) --- Church history --- Histoire religieuse --- Bāwīt (Egypte) --- Coptic monasticism and religious orders --- Coptic monasticism and religious orders. --- Monastic and religious life. --- Apollokulten --- Andliga ordnar --- Kopter --- Historia --- Monastery of Apollo at Bawit (Bawit, Egypt). --- Kloster Bawiti. --- Bawiti / Kloster. --- To 1500. --- Egypt --- Monastic life --- Spirituality (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) --- Spiritual life --- Vows --- Monasticism and religious orders, Coptic --- Coptic monasteries --- Christianity --- Monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Bawit, Egypt) --- Monastery of St. Apollo (Bawit, Egypt) --- Deir Abu Abullu (Bawit, Egypt) --- Dayr Anba Abullu --- Hermopolite Monastery of Apa Apollo (Bawit, Egypt) --- Monastery of Apa Apollo (Bawit, Egypt) --- Baouit (Egypt) --- Monastère Apa Apollo (Bāwit, Égypte) --- Sources

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How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight--the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer's software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and taking direct control. He stopped monitoring the computer and began flying the spacecraft, relying on skill to land it and earning praise for a triumph of human over machine. In Digital Apollo, engineer-historian David Mindell takes this famous moment as a starting point for an exploration of the relationship between humans and computers in the Apollo program. In each of the six Apollo landings, the astronaut in command seized control from the computer and landed with his hand on the stick. Mindell recounts the story of astronauts' desire to control their spacecraft in parallel with the history of the Apollo Guidance Computer. From the early days of aviation through the birth of spaceflight, test pilots and astronauts sought to be more than "spam in a can" despite the automatic controls, digital computers, and software developed by engineers.Digital Apollo examines the design and execution of each of the six Apollo moon landings, drawing on transcripts and data telemetry from the flights, astronaut interviews, and NASA's extensive archives. Mindell's exploration of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight--a lunar landing--traces and reframes the debate over the future of humans and automation in space. The results have implications for any venture in which human roles seem threatened by automated systems, whether it is the work at our desktops or the future of exploration.

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David Harland opens with a review of the robotic probes, namely the Rangers which returned television before crashing into the Moon, the Surveyors which 'soft landed' in order to investigate the nature of the surface, and the Lunar Orbiters which mapped prospective Apollo landing sites. He then outlines the historic landing by Apollo 11 in terms of what was discovered, and how over the next several missions the program was progressively geared up to enable the final three missions each to spend three days on comprehensive geological investigations. He concludes with a review of the robotic spacecraft that made remote-sensing observations of the Moon. Although aimed at the enthusiast, and can be read as an adventure in exploration, the book develops the scientific theme of lunar geology, and therefore will be of use as background reading for undergraduate students of planetary sciences. In addition, with the prospect of a resumption of human missions, it will help journalists understand what Apollo achieved after the 'flags and footprints' of the Apollo 11 landing in July1969 and will commemorate the fortieth anniversary of that momentous event. Highlighted as a "Commemorative Edition" on the cover, this second edition has a new foreword by one of the original astronauts and a short extra section at the end previewing the prospect of a renewal of human exploration of the Moon. It will include new extra high quality graphics which are only now available and 32 pages of colour illustrations. From the reviews of the first edition - "A detailed guide to what the astronauts did during their stays on the lunar surface. Walk(s) the reader through the prospecting excursions and then incorporate(s) decades of subsequent analysis to put the explorations of dust, rocks, craters, and rilles into geologic context." SKY & TELESCOPE "EXPLORING THE MOON is very well illustrated…All aficionados of the Apollo program will find much to appreciate in [this book]. "…this is an interesting account of one of the most extraordinary decades in history…a very different book. David Harland probably knows more about the nuts and bolts of the Russian and American space programs than any other author and it shows.”LUNAR & PLANETARY INFORMATION BULLETIN.

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Zeus, Medusa, Hercules, Aphrodite. Did you know that these and other dynamic deities, heroes, and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology live on in the names of trees and flowers? Some grow in your local woodlands or right in your own backyard garden. In this delightful book, botanist Peter Bernhardt reveals the rich history and mythology that underlie the origins of many scientific plant names. Unlike other books about botanical taxonomy that take the form of heavy and intimidating lexicons, Bernhardt's account comes together in a series of interlocking stories. Each chapter opens with a short version of a classical myth, then links the tale to plant names, showing how each plant "resembles" its mythological counterpart with regard to its history, anatomy, life cycle, and conservation. You will learn, for example, that as our garden acanthus wears nasty spines along its leaf margins, it is named for the nymph who scratched the face of Apollo. The shape-shifting god, Proteus, gives his name to a whole family of shrubs and trees that produce colorful flowering branches in an astonishing number of sizes and shapes. Amateur and professional gardeners, high school teachers and professors of biology, botanists and conservationists alike will appreciate this book's entertaining and informative entry to the otherwise daunting field of botanical names. Engaging, witty, and memorable, Gods and Goddesses in the Garden transcends the genre of natural history and makes taxonomy a topic equally at home in the classroom and at cocktail parties.

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Shrines --- Inscriptions, Greek --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Sanctuaires --- Inscriptions grecques --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Sanctuary of Apollo (Delos Island, Greece) --- Delos Island (Greece) --- Athens (Greece) --- Délos (Grèce) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Delos (Grèce) --- Relations --- Politics and government --- Antiquities --- Politique et gouvernement --- Antiquités --- Social life and customs --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Délos (Grèce) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Delos (Grèce) --- Antiquités --- Dhílos Island (Greece : Delos Island) --- Mikrá Dhílos (Greece) --- Nísos Dhílos (Greece) --- Cyclades (Greece) --- Politics and government. --- Social life and customs. --- Athens (Greece) - Politics and government --- Athens (Greece) - Social life and customs --- Delos Island (Greece) - Politics and government --- Delos Island (Greece) - Social life and customs --- Inscriptions antiques --- Grèce --- Délos (grèce ; île)