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Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[1957]
Physical Desc
5 v. map. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
This abridged edition makes the great German scholar's multi-volume work accessible to a larger audience. Rivaling Gibbon, Macaulay, and Burckhardt in its scope and power, it chronicles Roman society and government from the second century BC to the end of the Republic and rise of Julius Caesar - and helped earn Mommsen the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature.
2) The moment of creation: big bang physics from before the first millisecond to the present universe
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1983
Physical Desc
vi, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
One of the founders of modern quark theory traverses the eons to bring readers within the first millisecond of the Big Bang. Trefil employs minimal mathematics in this compelling and lucid narrative, which not only offers a remarkable view of the universe's beginnings, but also speculates about its end. 1983 edition.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover the fascination of astronomy with 100 easy, inexpensive projects that promise loads of fun for sky watchers of all ages. Geared toward beginning astronomers from junior high school level and up, this entertaining guide was written in direct, nontechnical terms by an experienced astronomer and well-known author. Daylight and nighttime activities include sightings of comets, meteors, stars, and planets as well as phases of the Moon, halos,...
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