A lively and well-illustrated history of the development of the telescope and its impact on science and society The telescope is undoubtedly one of the world's most far-reaching inventions, one which, for the past four centuries, has stood at the forefront of human discovery. From its humble beginnings in seventeenth-century Holland, when a simple ...
Have three decades of integration and multicultural initiatives in higher education delivered a better education to all students? Do we know what a multicultural campus should look like, and how to design one that is welcoming to all students and promotes a learning environment? Through a unique qualitative study involving seven colleges and ...
This book is an authoritative work on the ecology of some of America's most iconic large mammals in a natural environment - and of the interplay between climate, landscape, and animals in the interior of the world's first and most famous national park. Central Yellowstone includes the range of one of the largest migratory populations of bison in ...
Have you ever wondered what dark matter is or why galaxies collide? Or why the Moon is gradually drifting away from Earth? Space is really, really big, as Douglas Adams once pointed out, and there is no better guide to it than Fred Watson, astronomer to the stars. Fred Watson has taken the many, many questions that have been asked by listeners of ...
Ever wondered what dark matter is or why galaxies collide? Or why the Moon is gradually drifting away from Earth? Space is really, really big, as Douglas Adams once pointed out, and there is no better guide to it than Fred Watson, who answers one hundred questions on astronomy, such as: Does the Earth wobble? How do we know there is dark matter? ...
An anecdotal history of the development of the optical telescope and the people involved, culminating in the author's predictions for future developments.
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Andromeda Romano-Lax; Editor-Patricia Harper; Illustrator-Elizabeth Watson; Photographer-Fred, Anchorage Museum Of History...
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Andromeda Romano-Lax; Editor-Patricia Harper; Illustrator-Elizabeth Watson; Photographer-Fred, Anchorage Museum Of History...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: C.P.P. Belwin, Inc
Date Published: 1993
Description: Good. In unmarked condition. Backstrip has shelf-wear. Binding tight. Your purchase benefits world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee. read more
Publisher: The Frank A. Munsey Company
Date Published: 1937
Description: Good pulp, chipping to edges, mild dampstain to bottom edges. Covers intact. Includes articles by E. S. Dellinger, Emmett Watson, Fred Jukes and many others. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Date Published: 1973
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Clean, off-white pages. Wraps have general shelf wear, light overall soiling, edge rubbing.; Short stories by Eve Shelnutt, Sally Deward Siegel, and Robert MacLeod. Poetry by Theodore Weiss, Nancy Drowzky, Arlene Katz, Paul Ramsey, Peter Fortunato, William Keens, Carmen Elliott, Keith Althaus, Dabney Stuart, Candace Johnson, Anna Mirabilis, Ann Deagon, Robert Wallace, James Bardon, Anna Wooten, Robert Gibb.; 9.0" tall; 112 pages. read more
Edition: Presumed First Edition
Binding: Wrap Paperback Book
Publisher: Self Published
Date Published: 1986
Description: Very Good++ No Jacket Issued. This is a very interesting historical work from a author that truely loves the history of his Alabama area. The condition of this gray wrap paperback book is Very Good++. c1986. This history is mostly about the home front during the Civil War and the hardships that came to the families at home. There are also letters from the men at war. This booklet is in wonderful condition with little wear. 95 pages. read more
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Lopez, Fred, A III; Hilbourne A. Watson, Winston H. Griffith; Dennis A. Pantin; Dion E. Phillips; Ronald T. Libby; Hobart A....
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sage
Date Published: 1990
Description: Fine. 127 pages plus adds; unread paperback journal in very fine condition. Essays in English. Essays include Recent Attempts at Industrial Restructuring in Barbados; CARICOM countries and the Caribbean Basin Initiative, Prospects for the FDI export Model in Jamaica & the Caribbean; Barbados & the Militarization of the Eastern Caribbean 1979-1985; United States & Jamaica-Playing the American Card; Ideological Struggle in the Classroom-Teaching Caribbean History at a New York City College. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: published by author
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780967874708ISBN:096787470X
Description: Very good+ condition. Octavo (8vo). Signed 286 pages of text. Paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. Illustrated by numerous photographs. Signed and inscribed by the author on a front endpaper "To Bill R. 9 August 2000. Best Wishes for a Bright, Happy, Healthy, Successful Future! Much Good Luck in your future endeavors! [signed] Fred J. Olivi Co-pilot B-29 Bockscar Nagasaki Mission 9 August, 1945. " read more
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King, Stephen (George H. Scithers, Editor) (Chet Williamson; R. Bretnor; Fred Chappell; Patricia Anthony; Ian Watson; Kij...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Terminus Publishing
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9781199190833ISBN:1199190837
Description: Kelly Freas; Janet Aulisio; Bob Walters; Stephen Fabian; George Barr; Vincent Di Fate; Laura Kelly-Freas; Dennis Tiani; Very Good+ Author's First Story. 8vo. 146 pp. Magazine format. Light edge and corner wear with a faint sticker ghost on the upper right of the front cover; flat uncreased spine. Cover art by Kelly Freas. This issue contains the first re-release, including a new introduction by the author, of Stephen King's first published story: The Glass Floor. Also herein: The Heart's Desire ... read more
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