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File size is a measure of how much data a computer file contains or how much storage space it is allocated. Typically, file size is expressed in units based on byte. A large value is often expressed with a metric prefix (as in megabyte and gigabyte) or a binary prefix (as in mebibyte and gibibyte). [1]
The book is a milestone in Aboriginal literature and is one of the earlier works in indigenous writing. The book has been published in several parts 'for young readers' in the following parts: Sally's story (Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1990.) edited by Barbara Ker Wilson ('My Place' for young readers, part 1'. For children.)
Patricia Sokol's detailed analysis of the novels, short stories and audio books in the Space: 1999 series published by Powys Media. It contains a detailed synopsis of each of the works, a timeline and an encyclopedic section of all the persons, places and things in the expanded Space: 1999 universe, meaning the original series and the ...
Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery is a 2017 memoir by American astronaut Scott Kelly and Margaret Lazarus Dean. The book details Kelly's life, as well as that of his twin brother Mark , as they became naval aviators and test pilots , and were both selected for NASA Astronaut Group 16 .
Brian tells the story of how our innate human curiosity has led us from feeling that we are at the center of everything, to our modern understanding of our true place in space and time – that we are living 13.8 billion years from the beginning of the universe, on a mere speck of rock in a possibly infinite expanse of space.
The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System is a science book by David Baker, professor of physics at Austin College and Todd Ratcliff, a planetary geophysicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [ 1 ] [ non-primary source needed ] The book explores the most extreme environments found across our solar system, from the tallest peaks and ...
The book and A Treasury of Science Fiction were among the only science fiction hardcover books from large, mainstream publishers before about 1950. [3] The large (997 page) anthology collected numerous stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction , which had originally appeared in pulp magazines (mostly Astounding Science Fiction ) and are ...
Phase Space (subtitled Stories from the Manifold and Elsewhere) is a 2003 science fiction collection by British writer Stephen Baxter, containing twenty-three thematically linked stories, in which the human relationship with the universe is explored: whether humanity is truly alone in the universe, if there are other intelligent species, if these have turned their backs on us, or if expansion ...