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... percent . If a given amount of energy is fed into a bank of Amplitrons ( as direct - current electricity ) only 10 percent of that energy will be rejected as waste heat . The rest will be converted into microwaves . Microwaves are easy ...
... percent . If a given amount of energy is fed into a bank of Amplitrons ( as direct - current electricity ) only 10 percent of that energy will be rejected as waste heat . The rest will be converted into microwaves . Microwaves are easy ...
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... percent of the atmosphere will be water vapor to supply humidity . The colonists probably will be most comfortable at a temperature of about 72 ° and a humidity of 40 percent . Less than 1 percent of the atmosphere will be carbon ...
... percent of the atmosphere will be water vapor to supply humidity . The colonists probably will be most comfortable at a temperature of about 72 ° and a humidity of 40 percent . Less than 1 percent of the atmosphere will be carbon ...
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... percent per year , so it would double in 26 years . In Africa the rate was 2.6 percent , and underdeveloped Asia , excluding China , grew at 2.4 percent . China , which may be beginning to control its popula- tion growth , may have ...
... percent per year , so it would double in 26 years . In Africa the rate was 2.6 percent , and underdeveloped Asia , excluding China , grew at 2.4 percent . China , which may be beginning to control its popula- tion growth , may have ...
Contents
CONTENTS Acknowledgments | 8 |
Introduction by Ray Bradbury | 9 |
Other Life in Space | 11 |
Copyright | |
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