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An essay at the mechanism of the macrocosm : or the dependance of effects upon their causes. In a new hypothesis, Accommodated to Our Modern and Experimental Philosophy. In which a...

by Purshall, Conyers
Published 1705

printed by F. Collins, for Jeffery Wale, at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-Yard

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An epitome of astronomy, with a concise history of its origin and progress : Being a companion to the lectures given on the dioastrodoxon, or, New transparent orrery, twenty-one fe...

by Lloyd, Robert Evans
Published 1796

Printed by R. Trewman and Son, High-street

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Miscellaneous letters on several subjects in philosophy and astronomy : Wrote to the learned Dr. Nicholson, late Archbishop of Cashell. Viz. I. An account of the great variety of p...

by Innes, Robert
Published 1732

printed for S. Birt, at the Bible and Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane

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A system of geography; or, a dissertation on the creation and various phœnomena of the terraqueous globe: As it Consists of Subterraneous Caverns, Subterraneous Waters, Mountains, Vallies, Plains, and Rocks. With an Hypothesis concerning their Causes. A Description of All the Empires, Kingdoms, &c...

by Randall, Joseph
Published 1744

printed for Joseph Lord, bookseller, in Wakefield; and sold by him at his shops at Barnesly, and at Pontefract; and J. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London

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Rare Earth : Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe

by Ward, Peter D., Brownlee, Donald
Published 2000

Springer New York

Table of Contents: “... of the Cambrian Explosion -- Mass Extinctions and the Rare Earth Hypothesis -- The Surprising Importance of Plate...”

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Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta : Historical Studies in Asteroid Research

by Cunningham, Clifford J.
Published 2017

Springer International Publishing

Table of Contents: “...Preface -- Exordium -- 1 Olbers' Hypothesis: The Origin of the Asteroids -- 2 Regnér's Attacks...”

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The Cosmic Zoo : Complex Life on Many Worlds

by Schulze-Makuch, Dirk, Bains, William
Published 2017

Springer International Publishing

Table of Contents: “...Preface -- Introduction -- Part I – The Cosmic Zoo Hypothesis -- Part II – Major Transitions...”

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Progress in New Cosmologies : Beyond the Big Bang

Published 1993

Springer US

“... of a metaphysical nature, which are often used without being clearly stated. The first hypothesis...”

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A Time Travel Dialogue

by W. Carroll, John
Published 2014

Open Book Publishers

“... filmmakers to amaze and amuse? Or might empirical data prompt a scientific hypothesis of time travel...”

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Astronomical Measurement : A Concise Guide

by Lawrence, Andy
Published 2014

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

“..., detection, spectroscopy, timing, and hypothesis testing. The various wavelength regimes are covered in each...”

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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? : Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life

by Webb, Stephen
Published 2002

Copernicus

“... of the numbers almost demand that we accept the truth of this hypothesis. Why, then, have we encountered...”

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The Earth-Moon System : Proceedings of an international conference, January 20–21,1964, sponsored by the Institute for Space Studies of the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

by Marsden, B. G.
Published 1966

Springer US

Table of Contents: “... Considerations -- The Capture Hypothesis of the Origin of the Moon -- Origin of the Moon by Fission -- The Origin...”

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Interstellar Dust : Proceedings of the 135th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Santa Clara, California, July 26–30, 1988

Published 1989

Springer Netherlands

Table of Contents: “... Properties of Carbonaceous Materials -- Physical and Chemical Properties of PAHs -- The PAH Hypothesis...”

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The Beginning and the End : The Meaning of Life in a Cosmological Perspective

by Vidal, Clément
Published 2014

Springer International Publishing

“... or artificial selection could hold on a cosmic scale. In perhaps his boldest hypothesis, he argues that signs...”

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Binary and Multiple Stars as Tracers of Stellar Evolution : Proceedings of the 69th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Bamberg, F.R.G., August 31 – Septemb...

Published 1982

Springer Netherlands

Table of Contents: “... -- Search for Pulsating Stars in Multiple Stellar Systems -- An AD HOC Hypothesis on the Pulsation of Delta...”

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Astrophysics

Published 1987

Springer Netherlands

“... that should be heated to high temperature without subliming, this hypothesis leads to a sugges tive...”

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Master of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jan Hendrik Oort

by van der Kruit, Pieter C.
Published 2021

Springer International Publishing

“..., as well as his famous hypothesis that our Solar System is surrounded by a reservoir of comets — now simply...”

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Stellar Populations : Proceedings of the 164th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in the Hague, The Netherlands, August 15–19, 1994

Published 1995

Springer Netherlands

“... Symposium of 1957 resulted in a general scheme of the concept and a working hypothesis for idea...”

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Compact Stars : Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and General Relativity

by Glendenning, Norman K.
Published 1997

Springer New York

Table of Contents: “... -- 10.1 The Strange Matter Hypothesis -- 10.2 Compatibility of the Hypothesis with Present Knowledge...”

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Qualitative and Quantitative Behaviour of Planetary Systems : Proceedings of the Third Alexander von Humboldt Colloquium on Celestial Mechanics

Published 1993

Springer Netherlands

Table of Contents: “... of Pluto’s Mass — The Ring Hypothesis -- Recent progress in the theory and application of symplectic...”

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