Jeffrey Bennett

An astrophysicist offers an entertaining introduction to Einstein's theories, explaining how well they have held up to rigorous testing over the years, and even describing the amazing phenomena readers would actually experience if they took a trip through a black hole.

An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter

What Is Relativity?

Megan Donahue

Nicholas Schneider

Cosmic Perspective, Volume 1, The:The Solar System (Chapters 1-15, S1, 24)

Mark Voit

The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Third Edition , built from the ground up on our new understanding of the universe, has been revised and streamlined to make it easier for readers to navigate and learn from. Chapter openers, headers, callouts, and chapter summaries make learning goals more explicit and tie together important concepts. Key content has been consolidated and reorganized, with a new emphasis on a planet-by-planet approach. The material is linked to everyday life, helping readers develop an appreciation for the scientific method and see how physics and astronomy are foundations for understanding their world. Supplementing the book is an expanded and easy-to-use media package. Developing Perspective, Key Concepts for Astronomy, Learning From Other Worlds, Stars, Galaxies and Beyond, Life on Earth and Beyond. For college instructors and students, or anyone interested in issues relating to astronomy.

The Essential Cosmic Perspective

Max the dog and his friend Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo missions, inspiring the nations of the world to build a Moon colony. Scientific principles that support the story are clearly explained in "Big Kid Boxes" appearing on each page.

A Science Adventure with Max the Dog

Max Goes to the Moon

Most volumes in the environmental economics literature consider the environment to be a public good and hence write out a role for the private sector in a source of supply. Yet there is ample evidence of the private sector being involved, driven both by profit and altruism. This book provides the necessary conceptual base for the inclusion of the private sector in the environmental protection supply equation and deliver an extensive set of examples in a wide range of contexts. In an economic climate where governments are attempting to reduce expenditures, the increased role for the private sector will be readily embraced by policy makers. The aim of the book is to establish the principles of markets in the provision of environmental protection and to provide an extensive experience-based set of contexts in which the private sector has acted to enhance the supply of environmental goods and services. These contexts include both pure-private sector initiatives in terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems and public-private sector ‘joint initiatives’ such as payment for environmental services (PES) schemes. Contents:The Principles and Practice of Protecting the Environment Privately (Jeff Bennett)Dynamic Ecology and Dynamic Markets: The Role of Environmental Entrepreneurs (Terry L Anderson and Lawrence R Watson)Protected Areas: Public, Private or Partnerships (Jeff Bennett)Promoting Green Growth in Fisheries (R Quentin Grafton, Kathleen Segerson and Dale Squires)Markets for Biodiversity (Michael't Sas-Rolfes)Non-Government Provision of Environmental Water: A Case from the Murray–Darling Basin (Sue O'Keefe and Lin Crase)Private Sector Protection of Cultural Heritage (Ken Willis)Can Food Markets Result in Environmental Benefits? (Wendy Umberger, Sven Anders and Ellen Goddard)Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes (Gabriela Scheufele)Exploring Private Roles in Environmental Watering in Australia and the US (Dustin Garrick and Erin O'Donnell)Additional Parties in Environmental Markets: Motivation, Operation and Future (Anthea Coggan)Using Auctions for Conservation: The Australian Experience (John Rolfe)Agri-Environmental Schemes in Europe: Switching to Collective Action (Laure Kuhfuss, Philippe Le Coent, Raphaële Préget and Sophie Thoyer)The Role of Firms in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation (Luca Tacconi)Mining Offsets in NSW (Robert Gillespie)Water Quality Trading (Suzie Greenhalgh and Mindy Selman) Readership: Policy makers and advisors; environmental economists and management students and researchers. Key Features:The contributing authors are among the world's leaders in the field of private sector environmental protection and come from Australasia, Europe, Africa and North AmericaIt redresses the ‘gap’ in the economics literature that currently exists as well as providing a base for the development of an even more active engagement of the private sector in environmental protectionKeywords:Environmental Economics;Environmental Management;Private Sector;Environmental Goods;Environmental Services Schemes

Protecting the Environment, Privately

Logan Weinman

Max the dog and his friend Tori, after volunteering to test out the latest time machine, are sent back to visit the Ice Age where they marvel at the ice and snowflakes and have a scary encounter with a saber-toothed tiger.

Max's Ice Age Adventure

The quest for extraterrestrial life doesn't happen only in science fiction. This book describes the startling discoveries being made in the very real science of astrobiology, an intriguing new field that blends astronomy, biology, and geology to explore the possibility of life on other planets. Jeffrey Bennett takes readers beyond UFOs to discuss some of the tantalizing questions astrobiologists grapple with every day: What is life and how does it begin? What makes a planet or moon habitable? Is there life on Mars or elsewhere in the solar system? How can life be recognized on distant worlds? Is it likely to be microbial, more biologically complex--or even intelligent? What would such a discovery mean for life here on Earth? Come along on this scientific adventure and learn the astonishing implications of discoveries made in this field for the future of the human race. Bennett, who believes that "science is a way of helping people come to agreement," explains how the search for extraterrestrial life can help bridge the divide that sometimes exists between science and religion, defuse public rancor over the teaching of evolution, and quiet the debate over global warming. He likens humanity today to a troubled adolescent teetering on the edge between self-destruction and a future of virtually limitless possibilities. Beyond UFOs shows why the very quest to find alien life can help us to grow up as a species and chart a course for the stars. In a new afterword, Bennett shares the most recent developments in extrasolar research, and discusses how they might further our quest to find alien life.

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Its Astonishing Implications for Our Future

Beyond UFOs

When Max the dog becomes the first canine to embark on a mission to Mars, he makes one of the most important discoveries of all time, in a book that includes facts about Mars.

Max Goes to Mars

Taking the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo missions, Max the dog and his friend Tori help set up the first colony on the Moon.

Jeffrey Bennett

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