An edition of The beginning and the end (1977)

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An edition of The beginning and the end (1977)

The beginning and the end

1st ed.
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  • 1 Have read

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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Publisher
Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
248

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Cover of: Beginning and End
Beginning and End
July 1983, Pocket
Paperback in English
Cover of: The beginning and the end
The beginning and the end
1978-12, Pocket Books
in English
Cover of: The beginning and the end
The beginning and the end
1977, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The beginning and the end
The beginning and the end
1977, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The beginning and the end.
The beginning and the end.
1977, Doubleday
in English

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Published in
Garden City, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
508
Library of Congress
Q113 .A83

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 248 p. ;
Number of pages
248

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL4905251M
Internet Archive
beginningend0000asim
ISBN 10
0385130880
LCCN
76052218
OCLC/WorldCat
3120972
LibraryThing
367468
Goodreads
1417482

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL46216W

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