Bøger af Ralph Lorenz

Die Kursinhalte der Fortbildungskurse HERNIE kompakt, HERNIE konkret und HERNIE komplex - jetzt endlich als Buch! Das Buch zur Hernienschule gibt einen grundlegenden praktisch orientierten und systematischen Überblick über die gegenwärtige Hernienchirurgie. Es versteht sich als Ergänzung zu den bereits bestehenden stufenartig aufgebauten Fortbildungskursen der Deutschen Herniengesellschaft (DHG) und der BDC-Akademie. Sowohl internationale als auch nationale Hernienspezialisten beschreiben dabei alle relevanten aber auch neueste OP-Techniken erstmals im Sinne eines Standards in wichtigen Einzelschritten. Die Autoren ergänzen dies um ihre ganz persönlichen Erfahrungen und Vorgehensweisen mit Tipps und Tricks und stellen den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft dar. Das Buch richtet sich an Ärztinnen und Ärzte in Weiterbildung zum Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgen, aber auch an alle Chirurgen, die sich in der Hernienchirurgie auf den neuesten Stand bringen möchten.

This book provides a concise but broad overview of the engineering, science and flight history of planetary landers and atmospheric entry probes designed to explore the atmospheres and surfaces of other planets. It covers engineering aspects specific to such vehicles which are not usually treated in traditional spacecraft engineering texts. Examples are drawn from over thirty different lander and entry probe designs that have been used for lunar and planetary missions since the early 1960s. The authors provide detailed illustrations of many vehicle designs from different international space programs, and give basic information on their missions and payloads, irrespective of the mission's success or failure. Several missions are discussed in more detail to demonstrate the broad range of the challenges involved and the solutions implemented. This will form an important reference for professionals, academic researchers and graduate students involved in planetary science, aerospace engineering and space mission development.

For twenty-five years following the Voyager mission, scientists speculated about Saturn's largest moon, a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze. Finally, in 2005, the Cassini-Huygens probe successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere, all the while transmitting images and data. In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a mysterious world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Titan Unveiled is one of the first general interest books to reveal the startling new discoveries that have been made since the arrival of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton take readers behind the scenes of this mission. Launched in 1997, Cassini entered orbit around Saturn in summer 2004. Its formidable payload included the Huygens probe, which successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere in early 2005, all the while transmitting images and data--and scientists were startled by what they saw. One of those researchers was Lorenz, who gives an insider's account of the scientific community's first close encounter with an alien landscape of liquid methane seas and turbulent orange skies. Amid the challenges and frayed nerves, new discoveries are made, including methane monsoons, equatorial sand seas, and Titan's polar hood. Lorenz and Mitton describe Titan as a world strikingly like Earth and tell how Titan may hold clues to the origins of life on our own planet and possibly to its presence on others. Generously illustrated with many stunning images, Titan Unveiled is essential reading for anyone interested in space exploration, planetary science, or astronomy. A new afterword brings readers up to date on Cassini's ongoing exploration of Titan, describing the many new discoveries made since 2006.