1983, ISBN: 9780828318518

W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. Trade Paperback. A new copy. In the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf… More...

W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. Trade Paperback. A new copy. In the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf in a remote monastery, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. He was Poggio Bracciolini, the greatest book hunter of the Renaissance. His discovery, Lucretius' ancient poem On the Nature of Things, had been almost entirely lost to history for more than a thousand years. It was a beautiful poem of the most dangerous ideas: that the universe functions without the aid of gods, that religious fear is damaging to human life, that pleasure and virtue are not opposites but intertwined, and that matter is made up of very small material particles in eternal motion, randomly colliding and swerving in new directions. Its return to circulation changed the course of history. The poem's vision would shape the thought of Galileo and Freud, Darwin and Einstein, and--in the hands of Thomas Jefferson--leave its trace on the Declaration of Independence. From the gardens of the ancient philosophers to the dark chambers of monastic scriptoria during the Middle Ages to the cynical, competitive court of a corrupt and dangerous pope, Greenblatt brings Poggio's search and discovery to life in a way that deepens our understanding of the world we live in now. "An intellectually invigorating, nonfiction version of a Dan Brown-like mystery-in-the-archives thriller." --Boston Globe, W. W. Norton & Company, 2012, 0, Paperback / softback. New. Trace the development of astronomy from early Greek stargazers to the ambitious pioneers: Brahe, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton - who braved persecution and ridicule to fight for a science that relied not on ancient authorities and scriptures, but on logic, math, and careful observation. As Motz and Weaver show, the fruits of this noble pursuit - the elegant, simple natural laws - opened our eyes to the elusive rotations of the heavenly bodies, and gave rise to classical physics, and, finally, the vigorous, thriving science of astronomy today. These engaging authors go on to depict the brilliant revolution in astronomy that shattered classical physics and transformed our concepts of time, space, and matter. Beginning with Einstein's theory of relativity, Motz and Weaver celebrate and savour the twentieth century's greatest advances in physics, chemistry, and mathematics, each of which have dramatically reshaped modern astronomy., 6, Berkeley, CA: Univ of California Press, 1976. March 1976 Issue . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace wear to beige softcover, and inked page reference to upper front corner. In Memoriam is an Academic Senate publication produced by its faculty to honor deceased colleagues. Inked reference to pgs 34 & 35 leads to rememberance of Hans Albert Einstein (1904 - 1973), professor of Hydraulic Engineering and son of Albert H. Einstein; biography authored by professors J.W. Johnson, D.K. Todd and R.L.Wiegel. Also remembered is zoologist Tracy I. Storer (1889 - 1973) who is honored by the Storer Gardens on the U.C. Davis campus., Univ of California Press, 1976, 4, New York: Pantheon, 1993. Trace wear top of spine and top fore edge of pages with gentle creasing. Author's first book of fiction.. First Edition. Near Fine Plus.. Uncorrected Proof., Pantheon, 1993, 4, Brookline Village, MA: Branden Press, (1983). First (NAP) edition. Brown washable cloth. 8vo (23.5cm). pp. 151, [1]. As New/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Traces of wear, unread copy. Based on conversations of 1930, 1945 and 1948. ISBN: 0828318514.., Brookline Village, MA: Branden Press, (1983)., 0<

2003, ISBN: 9780828318518

New York: Hyperion, 2003. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/No DJ present. xxvi, 324, [4] pages. Chronology of Robert H. Goddard. Abbreviations Used … More...

New York: Hyperion, 2003. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/No DJ present. xxvi, 324, [4] pages. Chronology of Robert H. Goddard. Abbreviations Used in Text and Notes. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh and Harry Guggenheim, through often explosive experiments at Roswell, New Mexico, he invented the methods that carried men to the moon. Today, no rocket or jet plane can fly without using his inventions. Yet he is the "forgotten man" of the space age. His own government ignored his rocketry until the Germans demonstrated its principles in the V-2 missiles of World War II. Clary, former chief historian of the US Forest Service, has been a consultant to government agencies and has taught history at the university level. Historian David A. Clary specializes in the history of the United States and has written on such diverse topics as the U.S. Corps of Engineers and flying saucers in America. In his book Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age, Clary provides a biography of the man famous in space technology circles for developing the liquid-fueled rocket. Clary "attempts to clean Goddard's biography of the varnish applied in earlier biographies," noted a Publishers Weekly contributor. Gilbert Taylor, writing in Booklist, commented that "this well-researched portrait cements Goddard's status as a hero in the history of space technology." The American government usurped his 214 patents, while suppressing his contributions in the name of national security, until it was forced to pay one million dollars for patent infringement. Goddard became famous again, monuments and medals raining upon his memory. But his renewed fame soon faded, and Goddard's pivotal role in launching the Space Age has been largely forgotten. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Americans of the WWII generation will probably recognize the name of Massachusetts-born scientist Robert Goddard (1882-1945), who frequently made the pages of American newspapers and magazines in the 1930s with his rocket experiments outside Roswell, New Mexico. Baby boomers and their children, however, may never have heard of this pioneer in the construction of liquid-fuel rockets. Clary, attempts to clean Goddard's biography of the varnish applied in earlier biographies supervised by the scientist's widow and his close friend Charles Lindbergh. Goddard emerges here as a paradoxical man who relentlessly promoted his work, winning hundreds of thousands of dollars in Guggenheim grants, while shunning offers to collaborate with other scientists. Clary presents a clear and relatively straightforward narrative of his subject's life. Readers who come to this well-written biography with some knowledge of Goddard's significance will find much of interest to fill out their knowledge of this complex and fascinating scientist for whom NASA's Goddard Space Center is named., Hyperion, 2003, 3, hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5<

ISBN: 9780828318518

Branden Pub Co. Hardcover. Good. Good. 8x6x0., Branden Pub Co, 2.5