Watching Earth from Space How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us /

- Are satellites a threat to individual privacy? - How bad is climate change and global warming? - Why can we not find Osama bin Laden? - Does the world have enough fresh water? Watching Earth from Space gives you the answers to these and many other burning questions of the day. This is the story of...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Norris, Pat (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Praxis : Imprint: Praxis, 2010.
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Σειρά:Springer Praxis Books
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