The Odyssey (Dover Thrift Editions)

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Palmer, George Herbert

HOMER

Poetry

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Explains how to use the basic tools of wood carving and provides instructions on carving figures, such as birds, dogs, and humorous characters

The Beginner's Handbook of Woodcarving

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

William, Johnston

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Crafts & Hobbies

Among the first and finest studies of African-American folk music, this book focuses primarily on the origins and musical qualities of typical genres ranging from simple cries and calls to anthems and spirituals, ballads and the blues. Authentic versions of 43 songs are presented, along with a valuable bibliography and discography.

Negro Folk Music, U.S.A.

Arts & Photography

Harold Courlander

Music

Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po

History

BURTON, RICHARD F.

World

"Dr. Gamow, physicist and gifted writer, has sketched an intriguing portrait of the scientists and clashing ideas that made the quantum revolution." — Christian Science MonitorIn 1900, German physicist Max Planck postulated that light, or radiant energy, can exist only in the form of discrete packages or quanta. This profound insight, along with Einstein's equally momentous theories of relativity, completely revolutionized man's view of matter, energy, and the nature of physics itself.In this lucid layman's introduction to quantum theory, an eminent physicist and noted popularizer of science traces the development of quantum theory from the turn of the century to about 1930 — from Planck's seminal concept (still developing) to anti-particles, mesons, and Enrico Fermi's nuclear research. Gamow was not just a spectator at the theoretical breakthroughs which fundamentally altered our view of the universe, he was an active participant who made important contributions of his own. This "insider's" vantage point lends special validity to his careful, accessible explanations of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, Niels Bohr's model of the atom, the pilot waves of Louis de Broglie and other path-breaking ideas.In addition, Gamow recounts a wealth of revealing personal anecdotes which give a warm human dimension to many giants of 20th-century physics. He ends the book with the Blegdamsvej Faust, a delightful play written in 1932 by Niels Bohr's students and colleagues to satirize the epochal developments that were revolutionizing physics. This celebrated play is available only in this volume.Written in a clear, lively style, and enhanced by 12 photographs (including candid shots of Rutherford, Bohr, Pauli, Heisenberg, Fermi, and others), Thirty Years that Shook Physics offers both scientists and laymen a highly readable introduction to the brilliant conceptions that helped unlock many secrets of energy and matter and laid the groundwork for future discoveries.

Thirty Years That Shook Physics

Science & Math

Physics

A non-technical survey of pre-relativity physics, from Newton through Riemann to Lorentz, and its inadequacies, and a review of Einstein's special and general theories and their significance

Evolution of Scientific Thought

D'Abro., A.

The Rise of the New Physics

A. D'Abro

"D'ABRO, A.: THE RISE OF THE NEW PHYSICS. ITS MATHEMATICAL &amp; PHYSICAL THEORIES FORMERLY TITLED ""DECLINE OF MECHANISM"", VOL. II [1939, REPRINT] . MINEOLA, N.Y., 2007, 553 p. laminasEncuadernacion original. Nuevo."

Rise of the New Physics, vol II

1954 copyright. Dover Publications, Inc., 150 pages. 1 lb 12 oz. (10.75 x 8 x .625 inches Paperback) . Title: Wild Fowl Decoys: 140 Illustrations in Color by Joel Barber. ISBN#0486200116. Contents: The Legend of Decoys, Decoy Collecting, Old Country Decoys, Decoy Making. Hobbies\Art Instruction

Wild Fowl Decoys

Barber, Joel

Antiques & Collectibles

On the Laws of Japanese Painting by Bowie, Henry P.

On the Laws of Japanese Painting

Bowie, H. P.

History & Criticism

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