Author: James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of CrawfordPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Bibliotheca Lindesiana ...
Author: James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of CrawfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
Author: M. de (Bernard Le Bovier) FontenellePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520071719
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Surveying the night sky, a charming philosopher and his hostess, the Marquise, are considering thep ossibility of travelers from the moon. "What if they were skillful enough to navigate on the outer surface of our air, and from there, through their curiosity to see us, they angled for us like fish? Would that please you?" asks the philosopher. "Why not?" the Marquise replies. "As for me, I'd put myself into their nets of my own volition just to have the pleasure of seeing those who caught me." In this imaginary conversation of three hundred years ago, readers can share the excitement of a new, extremely daring view of the uinverse. Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds (Entretiens sur la pluralit des mondes), first published in 1686, is one of the best loved classics of the early French enlightenment. Through a series of informal dialogues that take place on successive evenings in the marquise's moonlit gardens, Fontenelle describes the new cosmology of the Copernican world view with matchles clarity, imagination, and wit. Moreover, he boldly makes his interlocutor a woman, inviting female participation in the almost exclusively male province of scientific discourse. The popular Fontenelle lived through an entire century, from 1657 to 1757, and wrote prolifically. H. A. Hargreaves's fresh, appealing translation brings the author's masterpiece to new generations of readers, while the introduction by Nina Rattner Gelbart clearly demonstrates the importance of the Conversations for the history of science, of women, of literature, and of French civilization, and for the popularization of culture.
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Catalog of the Theatre and Drama Collections: Theatre Collection: books on the theatre. 9 v
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Books, Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Early English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.
The Gentleman's Magazine
Author: W. Baynes and Son's General Catalogue of Second-hand Books for 1821;
Author: W. Baynes and SonPublisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Recherches Sur Les Manuscrits de Pierre de Fermat
Author: Charles HenryPublisher:
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : fr
Pages : 226
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