In Search of Lost Time Contributor(s): York, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750304758 ISBN-13: 9780750304757 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: A reflection of Derek York's obsession with time and its measurement, this book discusses the mind-bending universe of the special and general theories of relativity, the ghostly world of quantum mechanics, and the unpredictable haunts of chaos. It explores the pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge, and the South China plain; the universities of Cambridge, McGill, and Chicago; the Patent Office in Berne; and back to the Ethiopian desert on the banks of the Awash River. It also presents the father of master-spy Kim Philby in the Empty Quarter of Arabia, the fantasist Velikovsky in the clouds, and Newton, Darwin, Rutherford, Einstein, and the great Earth scientists of this century. |
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BISAC Categories: - Science | Time - Science | History - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology |
Dewey: 551.7 |
LCCN: 98176140 |
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.41" W x 8.53" (0.49 lbs) 248 pages |
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