From Earth to HeavenSeventeen essays about water, mountains, islands, science fiction writing, Nobel Prize winners, fluorine, neutrons, the solar system, and other science topics. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 15
Page 43
... meters rather than in feet or miles . There are 3.28 feet in a meter and Mount Everest stands 8,886 meters above sea level . At once this gives rise to the question : how many other mountains are there that belong to the rarefied ...
... meters rather than in feet or miles . There are 3.28 feet in a meter and Mount Everest stands 8,886 meters above sea level . At once this gives rise to the question : how many other mountains are there that belong to the rarefied ...
Page 54
... meters ( 2.8 miles ) have , I believe , been recorded in the Arctic . This means that the bottom of the Arctic Ocean ... meters higher than polar sea level . Add that to the 8,886 meters that Mount Everest is above its own sea level mark ...
... meters ( 2.8 miles ) have , I believe , been recorded in the Arctic . This means that the bottom of the Arctic Ocean ... meters higher than polar sea level . Add that to the 8,886 meters that Mount Everest is above its own sea level mark ...
Page 55
... meters . If we add the equatorial bulge , we have a total height of 27,600 meters above polar sea level ( 17.2 miles ) . If we go by the distance from the center of the Earth , then , we can pass from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean to ...
... meters . If we add the equatorial bulge , we have a total height of 27,600 meters above polar sea level ( 17.2 miles ) . If we go by the distance from the center of the Earth , then , we can pass from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
FROM EARTH | 13 |
OH EAST IS WEST AND WEST IS EAST | 15 |
Copyright | |
18 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absolute zero acid Alaska anti-neutrino Archimedes Asimov asteroid astronomical astronomical units body Britain charge chemist consider contain craters cubic centimeter CUBIC MILES density diameter DIEGO distance Earth east electron energy equal Equation exchange particle existence fact farthest feet fluorine force fresh water galaxies gases Germany grams gravitational Greek hundred hydrogen fluoride instance Jupiter Lake land light-years mainland Mars mass massive matter means measure meson meters miles per second million Moissan molecules Moon Moon's Mount Everest mountain muon negative muon neutrinos neutron star nuclear nucleus Observable Universe Ocean orbital velocity osmium oxygen parsecs percent period of revolution physicist pion planet population positive muon positron prediction pressure protons pull radius rotation satellite science fiction solar system South speed square miles story Sun's Suppose surface Table temperature tidal bulges tides tion uncertainty principle United volume white dwarf World Island