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Exploring the earth and the cosmos : the growth and future of human knowledge
- Title
- Exploring the earth and the cosmos : the growth and future of human knowledge / Isaac Asimov.
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992
- Publication
- New York : Crown, ©1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QB631 .A753 1982 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 339 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Tells the story of how people have learned and continue to learn about their world, covering explorations, discoveries, inventions, theories, and speculation." --
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Popular works
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. The horizons of space. The Eastern Hemisphere -- The world as a whole -- The interiors and the poles -- Surface ups and down -- The ocean -- Below Earth's surface -- Earth's atmosphere -- Beyond the balloon -- Out into space -- The inner solar system -- Mars and beyond -- The stars -- pt. 2. The horizons of time. The age of history -- The age of the Earth -- All of time -- Instants of time -- Speed -- pt. 3. The horizons of matter. Mass, large and small -- Atoms and beyond -- Density and pressure -- pt. 4. The horizons of energy. High temperatures -- Low temperatures -- Luminosity.
- ISBN
- 9780517546673
- 0517546671
- LCCN
- 82001379
- OCLC
- ocm08171208
- 8171208
- SCSB-36364
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library