Mary Malloy by Niki Daly
Author names not noted above: Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name Harvard Classics, this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume X collects foundational essays from the 19th century that expanded our knowledge of and prompted further study in the fields of physics, chemistry, astronomy, and geology: - from English natural philosopher MICHAEL FARADAY (1791-1867), The Forces of Matter and The Chemical History of a Candle - from German physicist HERMAN VON HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894), On the Conservation of Force and Ice and Glaciers - from English mathematician SIR WILIAM THOMSON, LORD KELVIN (1824-1907), The Wave Theory of Light and The Tides - from Canadian-American astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), The Extent of the Universe - from Scottish geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1836-1924), Geographical Evolution.| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780307175014 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307175014 |
| Titel | Mary Malloy |
| Autor | Niki Daly |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Verlag | Golden Books |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1993-06-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 32 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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