Author: Isaac AsimovPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
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Book Description
Asimov's New Guide to Science
Author: Isaac AsimovPublisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
ISBN: 9780140172133
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Asimov tells the stories behind the science: the men and women who made the important discoveries and how they did it. Ranging from Galilei, Achimedes, Newton and Einstein, he takes the most complex concepts and explains it in such a way that a first-time reader on the subject feels confident on his/her understanding.
Author: Isaac Asimov
Author: Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
Author: Isaac AsimovPublisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0307792277
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A thrilling nonfiction tour of the cosmos that brings the universe down to Earth, from one of the all-time masters of science fiction. No one makes sense out of science like Isaac Asimov. Are you puzzled by pulsars? Baffled by black holes? Bewildered by the big bang? If so, here are succinct, crystal-clear answers to more than one hundred of the most significant questions about the essential nature of the universe—questions that have fired the imagination since the beginning of history. Over the course of this fantastic voyage, the origins, the discoveries, and the stunning achievements of astronomy will unfold before your eyes. You will experience close encounters with giant planets, exploding stars, distant galaxies, and more. For anyone who has ever asked the ultimate questions, who has ever looked up at the sky and asked What in heaven is going on?, Isaac Asimov’s unique vision, skill, and authority will bring the big picture into focus. “A fine introduction to modern astronomical theory.”—Library Journal
Author: Isaac Asimov
Author: Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov's Book of Facts
Author: Isaac AsimovPublisher: Gramercy
ISBN: 9780517065037
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents three thousand unusual, fantastic, and amazing bits of information, presented in almost one hundred different categories, ranging all the way from astronomy to show business, from the ancients to the moderns, and from history to animal life.
Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos
Author: Dennis OverbyePublisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316434795
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award: the "intensely exciting" story of a group of brilliant scientists who set out to answer the deepest questions about the origin of the universe and changed the course of physics and astronomy forever (Newsday). In southern California, nearly a half century ago, a small band of researchers — equipped with a new 200-inch telescope and a faith born of scientific optimism — embarked on the greatest intellectual adventure in the history of humankind: the search for the origin and fate of the universe. Their quest would eventually engulf all of physics and astronomy, leading not only to the discovery of quasars, black holes, and shadow matter but also to fame, controversy, and Nobel Prizes. Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos tells the story of the men and women who have taken eternity on their shoulders and stormed nature in search of answers to the deepest questions we know to ask. "Written with such wit and verve that it is hard not to zip through in one sitting." —Washington Post
Author: Isaac Asimov