57 results for "Science"
Adding a Dimension
Child of time
Science fiction-roman.
Past, present, and future
Science, Numbers, and I
ACE # 75455. FIRST paperback edition. FIRST 1968
The Genetic Code
From the Introduction: "...Sixty years...seems to be the typical time interval from scientific breakthrough to full flower. Since scientists studies in 1944 a substance which they called DNA, and since this undoubtedly revolutionized the life sciences with full breakthrough force,...the year 2004 will see molecular biology introducing triumphs that can barely be imagined.... This book is an attempt, then, to explain the background of the breakthrough; the full meaning of the breakthrough and its immediate consequences; and finally, a forecast of what the breakthrough may bring about in the future - what the world of 2004 may be like, as seen through my own wishful eyes."
Realm of Numbers
Explanations of mathematical techniques and principles are combined with the history of mathematics. Includes simple arithmetic, square root, logarithms, and even imaginary numbers.
The Chemicals of Life
The stars in their courses
The Clock We Live on
Story of Earth as a timepiece.
The heavenly host
Newly arrived on Planet Anderson Two just before Christmas, Jonathan is warned about the dangerous native inhabitants but an accidental meeting with one of the natives convinces him that they are friendly and peaceful.
Of Time and Space and Other Things
Lucid discussions of man"s attempt to measure time-and control it, gravitation (not the strongest force in the Universe! ), the fascination of Roman numerals, the meanings of planets" names (Why is it correct to speak of "Venerian atmosphere" or even "Cytherean atmosphere-but not "Venusian atmosphere? ", the magic of measures, intriguing speculations on man's mortality, and much more-a breathtaking voyage of discovery in space and time by the man who has revealed the mysteries of science to mill.
Of matters great and small
"A new collection of seventeen science essays that once again demonstrate the profound knowledge and imagination which have become the hallmarks of Isaac Asimov's works. Here, Dr. Asimov explores such topics as: the farthest distance in the universe; why astrology is sheer nonsense; how eclipses occur and how they were predicted by the ancients; why antievolutionists should consider the chimpanzee; why the North Star keeps shifting, and how it proves that Bacon didn't write Shakespeare's plays; and why fusion, and not fission, is the only solution to the energy crisis. Each fascinating chapter in this new volume brings Dr. Asimov further toward his goal of explaining to everyone the wonders of the universe and of man." --
X stands for unknown
17 essays selected from the magazine "Fantasy and science fiction."
The subatomic monster
This collection of essays includes a lucid explanation of Einstein's theory of relativity, an artful speculation on the force of gravity, and a meditation on the human heart inspired by the author's recent triple by-pass surgery
The Wellsprings of Life
Science.
Cosmic Stories, March 1941
CONTENTS: MECANICA by Frank Edward Arnold THE MARTIANS ARE COMING by Robert W. Lowndes CRYSTAL WORLD by John L. Chapman THE MAN FROM THE FUTURE by Donald A. Wollheim RETURN FROM M-15 by S. D. Gottesman PLANET LEAVE by Clifton B. Kruse THE SECRET SENSE by Isaac Asimov WORLDS IN EXILE by Elton V. Andrews THE LAST VIKING by Hugh Raymond AMBITION by Wilfred Owen Morley PURPLE DANDELIONS by Millard Verne Gordon THE ROCKET by Damon Knight THE REVERSIBLE REVOLUTIONS by Cecil Corwin BIPED by Basil Wells
