| found: 3 books |
Earthquakes
NY: W.H. Freeman & Co., 1988. 1st thus, revised & updated editon., Slight edgewear otherwise a clean near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., A concise summary of our knowledge of earthquakes with practical advice on how we can best safeguard our homes and places of work; 282 pages, illustrated.
Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 2020555
USD 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 | £UK 3 | JP¥ 590]
Catalogue: Science: seismology
Keywords: 071671874x
Earthquakes. 5th ed.
2004. Freeman, New York. 377 pp. many fig./phot. 16 col. plts. h.t. paperback, very good.
Lingua Terrae BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 100043
€ 28.00 [Appr.: US$ 32.61 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 4807]
Catalogue: Earthquakes & Volcanoes
The Universe Unveiled : Instruments and Images Through History
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000. orig.boards, dustwrapper.. 24x23cm, 152 pp. An ink mark to bottom page-edge.. A dent to top front cover binding edge. Good.
¶ The Universe Unveiled documents the human desire through history to explore and understand our world. Taking a unique approach, it focuses on the instruments, books, and maps people have created to decipher the Universe from the late fifteenth through to the nineteenth century. Throughout, the book is richly illustrated with over 270 full-color images,including those of rare and unusual artifacts from all over the world kept in the world-renowned collection at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago. With clear and informative text, it covers our discovery of Space and Time, and our ever-expanding understanding of Earth and the Heavens, describing in particular the shift from an Earth- centered to a Sun-centered view of the Universe, and the mapping of the stars using telescopes. It also examines the technologies of navigation and of measuring and mapping the Earth, as well as the discovery of ways to keep time" - publisher's description.
¶ The Universe Unveiled documents the human desire through history to explore and understand our world. Taking a unique approach, it focuses on the instruments, books, and maps people have created to decipher the Universe from the late fifteenth through to the nineteenth century. Throughout, the book is richly illustrated with over 270 full-color images,including those of rare and unusual artifacts from all over the world kept in the world-renowned collection at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago. With clear and informative text, it covers our discovery of Space and Time, and our ever-expanding understanding of Earth and the Heavens, describing in particular the shift from an Earth- centered to a Sun-centered view of the Universe, and the mapping of the stars using telescopes. It also examines the technologies of navigation and of measuring and mapping the Earth, as well as the discovery of ways to keep time" - publisher's description.
Expatriate Bookshop of DenmarkProfessional sellerBook number: BOOKS015812I
USD 79.00 [Appr.: EURO 68 | £UK 58.75 | JP¥ 11645]
Keywords: Astronomical Instruments, History of Science, Astronomy, , , , , ,
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