Tunguska Mystery (eBook)

Vladimir Rubtsov (Autor)

Edward Ashpole (Herausgeber)

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2009
X, 318 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-76574-7 (ISBN)

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The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail the nature and results of Tunguska investigations in the former USSR and present-day CIS, and to destroy two long-standing myths still held in the West. The first concerns alleged 'final solutions' that have ostensibly been found in Russia or elsewhere. The second concerns the mistaken belief that there has been little or no progress in understanding the nature of the Tunguska phenomenon. All this is treated by the author in a scholarly and responsible manner. Although the book does present certain unusual findings of Russian and Ukrainian scholars, it is important to stress that this is not a sensational book; it is, rather, a serious exposition of the results of rational investigations into a difficult scientific problem. We are demonstrating the true complexity of the problem that is now entering its second century of existence. Simple meteoritic models cannot explain all the characteristics of this complicated event, and therefore certain so-called 'unconventional hypotheses' about the nature of the Tunguska explosion are to be considered as well.

Vladimir V. Rubtsov was born at 1948 in Kharkov, then the USSR (now independent Ukraine). He received his M.S. degree in computer science in 1972 and after that joined the laboratory of Dr. A. V. Zolotov in Kalinin (now Tver), where for three years studied the problem of the Tunguska explosion. Received his Ph.D. degree in the philosophy of science from the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Moscow, Russia), having defended in 1980 the doctoral thesis 'Philosophical and Methodological Aspects of the Problem of Extraterrestrial Civilizations' (the first of its kind in the former USSR). Dr. Rubtsov's professional fields are methodology of interdisciplinary research, sociology of science and technology, and general epistemology. He is currently Director of the Research Institute on Anomalous Phenomena (RIAP), as well as the Editor of its newsletter RIAP Bulletin.

Dr. Rubtsov has authored some 120 scientific and popular-science articles in the Soviet, post-Soviet, and foreign press, as well as two scientific monographs: The Problem of Extraterrestrial Civilizations (with A. D. Ursul, Kishinev: 'Shtiintsa' ['Science', the publishing house of the Moldavian Academy of Sciences], 1984 & 1987) and UFOs and Modern Science (with Y. V. Platov, Moscow: 'Nauka' ['Science', the publishing house of the Russian Academy of Sciences], 1991).

Dr. Rubtsov is a full member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics, an associate member of the Society for Scientific Exploration, USA, a member of the Expert Group on Anomalous Atmospheric Phenomena of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a member of the SETI Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail the nature and results of Tunguska investigations in the former USSR and present-day CIS, and to destroy two long-standing myths still held in the West. The first concerns alleged "e;final solutions"e; that have ostensibly been found in Russia or elsewhere. The second concerns the mistaken belief that there has been little or no progress in understanding the nature of the Tunguska phenomenon. All this is treated by the author in a scholarly and responsible manner. Although the book does present certain unusual findings of Russian and Ukrainian scholars, it is important to stress that this is not a sensational book; it is, rather, a serious exposition of the results of rational investigations into a difficult scientific problem. We are demonstrating the true complexity of the problem that is now entering its second century of existence. Simple meteoritic models cannot explain all the characteristics of this complicated event, and therefore certain so-called "e;unconventional hypotheses"e; about the nature of the Tunguska explosion are to be considered as well.

Inhalt

Astronomers’ Universe 2
The Tunguska Mystery 4
Contents 6
Acknowledgments 7
Author’s Note 9
The Enigma of Tunguska 10
Notes and References 19
The Big Bang of More than Regional Significance 20
Notes and References 39
A Shocking Discovery 41
Notes and References 70
Ideas Become Bizarre 72
Notes and References 96
Radical New Research 99
Notes and References 130
Tracks Too Large to be Seen 132
Notes and References 162
The Third Key 164
Notes and References 183
Significant Details for the Big Picture 186
Notes and References 213
Grasping the Chaos 217
Notes and References 240
From Comet to Plasmoid to Mirror Matter 243
Notes and References 273
The Theory is Dead: Long Live the New Model 275
Notes and References 293
So What is the Answer? 295
Notes and References 313
Index 315

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Astronomers' Universe
• Reihe/Serie: Astronomers' Universe
• Zusatzinfo: X, 318 p. 49 illus., 11 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: 1908 crash • Asteroid • asteroid hits • Big Bang • Chaos • comet hits • Complexity • natural disasters • Tungusca event • Tunguska comet • Tunguska event • Tunguska impact • Tunguska mystery explained • Tunguska myths • Tunguska Siberia explosion
• ISBN-10: 0-387-76574-3 / 0387765743
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-76574-7 / 9780387765747