John K. Davies is staff astronomer at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) in Edinburgh. Before that he was a support astronomer for the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii. He is helping to organize a European Network called OPTICON and also does research on comets and asteroids. Over the years he has also been involved in building and operating astronomical satellites, flight testing fighter aeroplanes and doing chemistry.
5 Ebooks por John K. Davies
John K. Davies: The Life Story of an Infrared Telescope
Written by one of the astronomers who ‘lived the dream’ of working there this book is a restrospectively expanded diary featuring the ‘birth and long life’ of what was a truely innovative telescope. …
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€53.49
Zosia Archibald & John K. Davies: Economies of Hellenistic Societies, Third to First Centuries BC
This selection of essays by key names in the field of ancient economies in the ‘Hellenistic’ age (c.330-30BCE), provides essential reading for anyone interested in the evolutionary building blocks of …
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€127.99
Luis H. Barrera & John K. Davies: First Decadal Review of the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt
A decade after the confirmation of the Kuiper Belt’s existence, 80 of the world’s experts gathered in Chile to review what has been learned since 1992. This record of the meeting is enhanced by sever …
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€230.71
John K Davies & Michael Kelly: Healthy Cities
The growth of health promotion as a topic for discussion and a principle for practice is widespread, and affects all groups of health professionals. The Healthy Cities project, like Health for All, w …
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€28.30
John K Davies & Michael Kelly: Healthy Cities
The growth of health promotion as a topic for discussion and a principle for practice is widespread, and affects all groups of health professionals. The Healthy Cities project, like Health for All, w …
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€28.34
