Buch
The Hunter
-A Scientific Novel-Giancarlo Genta
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Lieferzeit 12-13 Tage
Übersicht
Verlag | : | Springer International Publishing |
Buchreihe | : | Science and Fiction |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 10. 10. 2013 |
Seiten | : | 130 |
Einband | : | Kartoniert |
Höhe | : | 235 mm |
Breite | : | 155 mm |
Gewicht | : | 225 g |
ISBN | : | 9783319020594 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
Professor Giancarlo GENTA, an expert in space flight technology, holds degrees in Aeronautic Engineering and Space Engineering (his thesis was on electric propulsion orbital transfers). Until 1996 he was head of the Mechanics Department of the Politecnico (Technical University) of Turin, in Italy. He is Director of the Italian SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) study center and is a full member of the International Academy of Astronautics. He has written more than 300 scientific papers and 11 scientific books, some used as textbooks in Italian and American Universities and translated into Russian. Among his popular science book are Space: The Final Frontier?, published by Cambridge University Press in 2002, and Lonely Minds in the Universe - The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, published by Springer-Copernicus in June 2007.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I The Hunter.- Part II The Science behind the fiction.