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Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dustjacket. First edition.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Very slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. This book sets out to explain as simply as possible what scientists believe about the nature, extent and origin of our universe. Almost all our information about the space around the Earth is acquired in the form of radiations and minute particles. Only rarely is it possible to devise an experiement which will produce a yes or no answer to a problem. Astro-physicists have to accept the information in the form in which it arrives and attempt to interpret it. The first part of this book sketches the early history of astronomical observations. The second part seeks to explain the principles which are used in interpreting the data. There follow mainly descriptive chapters outlining the present state of our knowledge of the universe and some theories of its origin and future. Because, in this science particularly, far-reaching conclusions have been drawn on the basis of slender evidence, some consideration has been given to the validity of the methods and the implications of the conclusions. The book is intended primarily for readers with a limited scientific knowledge. 176 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Sunned spine. These books will deal with widely different aspects of scientific thought and practice. Although intended for the use of Sixth Forms in Grammar Schools, in which they may be suitable for study by combined Arts and Science classes, it is hoped that they will also meet the needs of students in Technical Colleges and of undergraduates, as well as proving of interest to the general reader. Illustrated. 176 pp.