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Since comet Shoemaker-Levy collided with the planet Jupiter with stupendous force in 1994 there has been an upsurge of amateur interest in comets. Most comets are first discovered by amateur astronomers because there are so many amateurs looking for them, and techniques and instruments have improved dramatically in the past few years. After a short but detailed introduction to the comets themselves Nick James and Gerald North describe comet hunting, photographing and imaging comets, and digital image processing. The use of computers for orbital calculations and even helping to discover new comets is given a full chapter, as are advanced techniques including comet photometry and spectroscopy. This comprehensive book has an accompanying CD-ROM and is at once a "primer" for comet hunters and a reference text for more advanced amateur astronomers.
Mi chiedevi come può essere accaduto tutto ciò. I tuoi occhi si muovevano a destra e sinistra, senza trovare pace, sull’immensa pianura piena di templi in rovina, resti di rocchi di colonne, di basamenti di case e larghe strade. Il nome della grande città che una volta sorgeva qui è Metaponto. Essa fu celebre in tutto il mondo antico e il suo nome ancora oggi evoca emozioni. Fu una città splendida, ricca, colta. Qui vissero i suoi abitanti, i filosofi, i guerrieri, gli schiavi, i marinai dediti al commercio, i suoi abili artigiani, i ricchi agricoltori. Davanti a te sorgevano i templi del santuario di Apollo, con gli altari; più avanti, verso il mare, era la sua grande agorà, con il teatro e i portici. Ma immaginare tutto questo è esercizio troppo difficile anche per una mente dotata della più fertile fantasia. Proverò a raccontarti la sua storia e la vita dei suoi abitanti.
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Since 1970, based in an isolated building situated on the peninsula of Posillipo, Pica Ciamarra Associati (www.pcaint.eu) has acted as a laboratory of architectural and urban design which has gradually incorporated new members and new energies over the time: using a multidisciplinary approach, the roots of the architectural practice lie in the intensive theoretical and practical work begun in the early 1960s by Massimo Pica Ciamarra. Since then the practice has been marked by a continuous relationship with Le Carré Bleu Feuille internationale darchitecture and leading members of the cultural milieu of Team 10: this has led to constant attention to everything that lies beyond form, to the re...