The discoveries and inventions of physicists in this century have revolutionized modern life. One hundred years ago, scientists questioned the very existence of atoms and knew almost nothing about the cosmos. Today, physicists can arrange individual atoms on a surface and make an image of the result, and have begun to unravel the history of time and the universe.In this book, Curt Suplee documents one of the most remarkable flowering of knowledge in human history. He explains the astonishing experiments and achievements of such innovators as Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrdinger, Hans ... View More...
10.75"x 825" trade paperback ExcelIent images. signed by the principle author Kerry Mark Joels. Signed & inscribed to the Hoover School in Bergenfield, NJl. Book is a stated first edition later printing. Light cover wear, pages and binding very good. View More...
Front hinge shows a hairline split of the paper. Still firm, tight, clean , and bright. Overall VG. Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906 - 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer. His patents were crucial to the development of television.He is perhaps best known for his 1927 invention of the first fully functional video camera tube, the "image dissector", as well as the first fully functional and complete television system. Farnsworth developed a television system complete with receiver and camera, which he produced commercially in the form of the Farnsworth Television and Radio Cor... View More...
Signed on the front free endpaper 'L. Ron Hubbard / Founder'. L. Ron Hubbard is perhaps best known for his book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (first published in 1950), and as the founder of the Church of Scientology. According to the church, his written teachings make up approximately 500,000 pages and 3,000 recorded lectures, totaling about 65 million words. Hubbard also produced a hundred films, and 500 short stories and novels in a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, adventure fiction, aviation, travel, mystery, western and romance. View More...
