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BERTIN, LEONARD The Boys' Book of Modern Scientific Wonders and Inventions
New York Roy Publishers 1957 Hard Cover Very Good in Fair dust jacket
127 pages, 8 plates, many text illustrations and diagrams, cloth, dust jacket frayed otherwise very good. 8 by 10 inches. From the publisher: "One of Britain's leading science writers opens a whole new world to the modern boy (or girl) - a world in which science, chemistry, physics and mechanics play an increasing and commanding part - a world with which the boy of today is already more fully acquainted than his ancestors. Here are described in easy-to-read terms the wonders of the modern universe - the earth's dependence on the sun; energy in our lives; fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas); energy form atomic fission, atomic fusion; some typical types of nuclear power station, Calder Hall; pattern for the future, atomic trains; more heat from less coal, solar energy; automation; transport on the sea; underwater ships of the future; atom tankers; the turbo-jet; ram-jets and rockets for super speed; exploration of space; cosmic rays; the protective function of the atmosphere; man-made radiations; atomic energy; atom-smashers, their present and future uses; ultra-sonics; meteorology."
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25.00 USD
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