Last and First Men
Author | : Olaf Stapledon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1963 |
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Author | : Olaf Stapledon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1963 |
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Author | : Anne Terry White |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Anthropology |
ISBN | : |
Lively essays tracing the gradual growth of knowledge about early peoples around the world.
Author | : David M. Harland |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2007-10-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387495444 |
This book tells the story of Apollo 11 and dispels the myth that NASA faked the moon landings. The story is brought to life by exploiting the flight plan, mission report, in-flight transcripts (including conversations among the crew in the spacecraft that were not transmitted) and post-flight debriefing. It features scans recently produced by NASA of the original Hasselblad film. The final chapters discuss what was learned of the moon rocks, and reviews the follow-on missions. The author’s impressive expertise and knowledge of the Moon landings shines through and seamlessly unites the myriad details of the mission.
Author | : Rhonda Gowler Greene |
Publisher | : Sleeping Bear Press |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2019-03-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1534138366 |
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge to the nation: land astronauts on the moon by the end of the decade. The Apollo program was designed by NASA to meet that challenge, and on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin. Apollo 11's prime mission objective: "Perform a manned lunar landing and return." Four days after take-off, the Lunar Module "Eagle," carrying Armstrong and Aldrin, separated from the Command Module "Columbia," and descended to the moon. Armstrong reported back to Houston's Command Center, "The Eagle has landed." America and the world watched in wonder and awe as a new chapter in space exploration opened. Through verse and informational text, author Rhonda Gowler Greene celebrates Apollo 11's historic moon landing.
Author | : Albert Camus |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2012-08-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307827860 |
From the Nobel Prize-winning author comes the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like his own, with the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood steeped in poverty and a father's death yet redeemed by the beauty of Algeria and the boy's attachment to his mother. "A work of genius." —The New Yorker Published thirty-five years after its discovery amid the wreckage of the car accident that killed Camus, The First Man is the brilliant consummation of the life and work of one of the 20th century's greatest novelists. Translated from the French by David Hapgood. "The First Man is perhaps the most honest book Camus ever wrote, and the most sensual...Camus is...writing at the depth of his powers...It is "Fascinating...The First Man helps put all of Camus's work into a clearer perspective and brings into relief what separates him from the more militant literary personalities of his day...Camus's voice has never been more personal." —The New York Times Book Review
Author | : Olaf Stapledon |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0486466825 |
"No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination," declared 2001 author Arthur C. Clarke of this masterpiece of science fiction. An imaginative, ambitious history of humanity's future that spans billions of years, this 1930 epic abounds in prescient speculations. A must-read for scholars of the genre.
Author | : James R. Hansen |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 755 |
Release | : 2012-11-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1476727813 |
On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also--as NASA historian Hansen reveals in this authorized biography--misunderstood. Armstrong's accomplishments as an engineer, a test pilot, and an astronaut have long been a matter of record, but Hansen's access to private documents and unpublished sources and his interviews with more than 125 subjects (including more than fifty hours with Armstrong himself) yield the first in-depth analysis of this elusive, reluctant hero.
Author | : Eric Keppeler |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2018-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1508168431 |
When Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, 530 million viewers watched Commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin leave Earth with bated breath. This book relates the significant parts of that momentous journey, including the first color TV transmission to Earth, and the 21 hours, 36 minutes that Armstrong and Aldrin spent on the moon's surface. Bourgeoning scientists will be enthralled by this captivating history of the Apollo 11 adventure, which incorporates key social studies and science concepts.
Author | : Simon J. James |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2012-02-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0199606595 |
This is the first study of the literary theories of H. G. Wells, the founding father of English science fiction and once the most widely read writer in the world. It explores his entire career, during which he produced popular science, educational theory, history, politics, and prophecy, as well as realist, experimental, and science fiction.
Author | : David J. Meltzer |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2009-05-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520943155 |
More than 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America, a continent that was then truly a new world. Just when and how they did so has been one of the most perplexing and controversial questions in archaeology. This dazzling, cutting-edge synthesis, written for a wide audience by an archaeologist who has long been at the center of these debates, tells the scientific story of the first Americans: where they came from, when they arrived, and how they met the challenges of moving across the vast, unknown landscapes of Ice Age North America. David J. Meltzer pulls together the latest ideas from archaeology, geology, linguistics, skeletal biology, genetics, and other fields to trace the breakthroughs that have revolutionized our understanding in recent years. Among many other topics, he explores disputes over the hemisphere's oldest and most controversial sites and considers how the first Americans coped with changing global climates. He also confronts some radical claims: that the Americas were colonized from Europe or that a crashing comet obliterated the Pleistocene megafauna. Full of entertaining descriptions of on-site encounters, personalities, and controversies, this is a compelling behind-the-scenes account of how science is illuminating our past.