Fakta
Pleasant Ways in Science provides easy access to the facts of some of the exciting discoveries, research, or explorations of science during the early 1900s. Through this work, the author, Richard A. Proctor, aims to amuse rather than teach the readers. But at the same time, he remains careful and precise in presenting the details so as to avoid giving out any false information. He has focused on using understandable terms, so the text doesn't become tedious and the reader doesn't lose interest.
Richard Anthony Proctor was an English astronomer. He is best known for creating one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867. He produced a long series of famous treatises on scientific information in rapid succession. His goal was always to inform the mass about the new developments in science in a way they could easily comprehend.
Contents include:
Oxygen in the Sun
Sun-Spot, Storm, and Famine
New Ways of Measuring the Sun's Distance
Drifting Light Waves
The New Star which faded into Star-Mist
Star-Grouping, Star-Drift, and Star-Mist
Mallet's Theory of Volcanoes
Towards the North Pole
A Mighty Sea-Wave
Strange Sea Creatures
On some Marvels in Telegraphy
The Phonograph, or Voice-Recorder
The Gorilla and other Apes
The Use and Abuse of Food
Ozone
Dew
The Levelling Power of Rain
Ancient Babylonian Astrogony
© 2019 Good Press (E-bok): 4064066182984
Utgivningsdatum
E-bok: 12 december 2019
Fakta
Pleasant Ways in Science provides easy access to the facts of some of the exciting discoveries, research, or explorations of science during the early 1900s. Through this work, the author, Richard A. Proctor, aims to amuse rather than teach the readers. But at the same time, he remains careful and precise in presenting the details so as to avoid giving out any false information. He has focused on using understandable terms, so the text doesn't become tedious and the reader doesn't lose interest.
Richard Anthony Proctor was an English astronomer. He is best known for creating one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867. He produced a long series of famous treatises on scientific information in rapid succession. His goal was always to inform the mass about the new developments in science in a way they could easily comprehend.
Contents include:
Oxygen in the Sun
Sun-Spot, Storm, and Famine
New Ways of Measuring the Sun's Distance
Drifting Light Waves
The New Star which faded into Star-Mist
Star-Grouping, Star-Drift, and Star-Mist
Mallet's Theory of Volcanoes
Towards the North Pole
A Mighty Sea-Wave
Strange Sea Creatures
On some Marvels in Telegraphy
The Phonograph, or Voice-Recorder
The Gorilla and other Apes
The Use and Abuse of Food
Ozone
Dew
The Levelling Power of Rain
Ancient Babylonian Astrogony
© 2019 Good Press (E-bok): 4064066182984
Utgivningsdatum
E-bok: 12 december 2019
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