BOOKS by Gale E Christianson

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1	Fox at the Wood's Edge: A Biography of Loren Eiseley more books like this by Gale E Christianson add to wishlist Loren Eiseley challenges us to this day with his uneasy interpretation of humanity's place in the world. The haunting melancholy that pervades much of Eiseley's work grew out of a loveless childhood in which he spent much time alone in the natural world. His mother was mentally ill and his father, a singularly unsuccessful travelling salesman, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Isaac Newton more books like this by Gale E Christianson add to wishlist Quarrelsome and quirky, a disheveled recluse who ate little, slept less, and yet had an iron constitution, Isaac Newton rose from a virtually illiterate family to become one of the towering intellects of science. Now, in this fast-paced, colorful biography, Gale E. Christianson paints an engaging portrait of Newton and the times in which he lived. ... see all copies from $4.77! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	In the Presence of the Creator: Isaac Newton and His Times more books like this by Gale E Christianson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $95.00! \| first editions
4	Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae more books like this by Gale E Christianson add to wishlist Tall, handsome, and charismatic, Edwin Hubble moved as easily around circles of celebrity as through the halls of science. He was courted by the cream of Hollywood society -- Frank Capra, Anita Loos, Charlie Chaplin -- and was friendly with the California emigre community, which included Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, and Sergey Eisenstein. This ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution more books like this by Gale E Christianson add to wishlist Explores the life and scientific contributions of the famed English mathematician and natural philosopher. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.07! \| SVS
6	The Last Posse: A Jailbreak, a Manhunt, and the End of Hang-'Em-High Justice more books like this by Gale E Christianson add to wishlist A riveting true story of vintage crime, and mint-new justice, in the last days of the Old West as a group of notorious robbers and safe-blowers escape from a Nebraska prison and set off a nationwide manhunt. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.24! \| first editions
7	This Wild Abyss: The Story of the Men Who Made Modern Astronomy more books like this by Gale E Christianson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
8	Edwin Hubble more books like this by Gale E Christianson, G E Chrisitanson add to wishlist "Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae" is both the biography of an extraordinary human being and the story of the greatest quest in the history of astronomy since the Copernican revolution. The book is a revealing portrait of scientific genius, an incisive engaging history of ideas, and a shimmering evocation of what we see when gazing at the ... see all copies from $12.05! new only from $63.76! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Writing Lives is the Devil: Essays of a Biographer at Work more books like this by Gale E Christianson add to wishlist "How can one make a life out of six cardboard boxes full of tailor's bills, love letters and old picture postcards?" asked the novelist Virginia Woolf, who once tried her hand at literary biography. "Yes", she concurred, "writing lives is the devil!" It is also the most widely read form of historical nonfiction. Here, Gale E. Christianson, author ... see all copies from $2.79! new only from $14.95! \| first editions
10	Greenhouse by Gale E. Christianson add to wishlist see all copies from $2.67! first editions
11	Greenhouse: The 200-Year Story of Global Warming more books like this by Gale E Christianson add to wishlist For most people the threat of global warming seems a contemporary one. For Christianson it is an absorbing historical and scientific process intertwined with two centuries of civilisation and 300 billion years in the life of the planet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	The wild abyss : the story of the men who made modern astronomy more books like this by Gale E. Christianson add to wishlist see all copies from $3.49! first editions \| SVS

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