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Science in space

Title
Science in space / edited by Lloyd V. Berkner [and] Hugh Odishaw.
Publication
New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, 1961.

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Additional Authors
  • Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-1967
  • Odishaw, Hugh
Description
458 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Space sciences
  • Space environment
  • Science
  • Extraterrestrial Environment
  • Science
  • science (modern discipline)
  • Space sciences
  • Ruimteonderzoek
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. I.A general review. Dimensions and problems / L.V. Berkner and Hugh Odishaw ; Results of experiments in space / Bruno Rossi and Robert Jastrow -- pt. II. Gravity. The nature of gravitation / R.H. Dickie -- pt. III. Earth. Knowledge of the earth from space / Harrison Brown ; Some aspects of geodesy / George P. Woollard ; Meteorology / Harry Wexler ; Rocket research and the upper atmosphere / W.W. Kellogg ; Satellites and the upper atmosphere / A.H. Shapley and O.G. Villard, Jr. -- pt. IV. The moon and the planets. The moon / H.C. Urey ; The planets / H.C. Urey -- pt. V. Fields and particles in space. Physics of fields and energetic particles in space / J.A. Simpson ; The interplanetary gas magnetic fields / E.N. Parker ; The acceleration and propagation of particles within the solar system / J.A. Simpson ; Solar Modulation of cosmic radiation and other energetic particles reaching the earth / J.A. Simpson ; The geomagnetically trapped corpuscular radiation / James A. Van Allen ; On particles and fields pertinent to Auroral theory / Joseph W. Chamberlain -- pt. VI. The stars. The sun / Leo Goldberg and E.R. Dyer Jr. ; Galactic and extragalactic astronomy / Leo Goldberg and E.R. Dyer Jr. -- pt. VII. The life sciences. The biological sciences and space research / Joshua Lederberg and H. Keffer Hartline ; Exobiology : experimental approaches to life beyond the earth / Joshua Lederberg -- pt. VIII. Appendix. A note on the space science board.
LCCN
61009772
OCLC
  • ocm00529994
  • 529994
  • SCSB-353823
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library