The beginning and the end
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1977 - Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
62,000 words, Guess
Page Count
248 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebeginningend0000asim
- ISBN-100385130880
- ISBN-139780385130882
- Goodreads1417482
- Library of Congress Control Number76052218
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number3120972
- Open LibraryOL4905251M
Classifications
- DDC508
- LCCQ113 .A83
Description
Collection of essays: The past: The real Cyrano. Of what use? The democracy of learning. The monsters we have lived with. The fossil fuels. A drop of water. The present: Smart, but not smart enough? Recipe for an ocean. Technology and energy. The glorious sun. Astronomy. The large satellites of Jupiter. The natural satellites. Of life beyond. The beginning and the end. Gravitation, unlimited. Man and computer. The future: The big weather change. Tighten your belt. America--A.D. 2176. The coming decades in space. Colonizing the heavens. The moon as threshold.
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