Sun and Earth (Scientific American Library, Number 16).
by Friedman, Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: light pumpkin cloth; owner's name stamp in three places (top and bottom edges of the text block and the front
- ISBN 10
- 0716750120
- ISBN 13
- 9780716750123
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Scientific American Library, 1986.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light pumpkin cloth; owner's name stamp in three places (top and bottom edges of the text block and the front endpaper -- plus tiny note on the front endpaper), otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket.. 9.5 inches tall by 8.75 wide . Index. Beige endpapers. Description: Well illustrated in black and white and color. ''How do storms on the sun make the spectacular northern lights? How steady is the flow of energy from the sun that reaches and nourishes the earth? How can the most subtle, slow variations in the solar flux cause the comings and goings of great ice ages? Not until Einstein formulated the thermonuclear conversion of mass into energy were such question answered, thus ending the debate over whether or not the sun burns like a mass of coal. Since then, insight into the dynamic relation between sun and earth have increased greatly with each decade of achievement in space exploration. Written for the general reader by the internationally renowned space scientist Herbert Friedman, this captures the drama and excitement of sun-earth studies.'' This is the fifteenth volume in the Scientific American Library series.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 065681
- Title
- Sun and Earth (Scientific American Library, Number 16).
- Author
- Friedman, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: light pumpkin cloth; owner's name stamp in three places (top and bottom edges of the text block and the front
- Edition
- 2nd Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0716750120
- ISBN 13
- 9780716750123
- Publisher
- Scientific American Library
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1986.
- Pages
- 251 pages.
- Size
- 9.5 inches tall by 8.75 wide
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