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To the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of nautical, relational novels—Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)—by British author William Golding.
May 12, 1986 · Among the first shipment of convicts sent to settle the wilds of Australia are former British army sergeant Joe Cribb, beautiful actress--and murderess--Kitty Brandon, and Levi, a Jew from the Shtetl. 519 pages, Hardcover. First published May 12, 1986.
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- The Cosmic Mystery Tour: A High-Speed Journey Through Space and Time
- Your Place in The Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Universe
- A Fortunate Universe: Life in A Finely Tuned Cosmos
Author: Nicholas Mee Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 978-0-198-83186-0 Price: £16.99 (Hb) 224pp Buy from Amazon.co.uk Buy from Amazon.com This is a high-quality, small-format hardback of just over 200 pages and more than 100, mostly colour, illustrations and diagrams that assist in the delivery of the book’s contents. The Cosmic Mystery To...
Author: Paul M. Sutter Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 978-1-633-88472-4 Price: £18.99 (Hb) 288pp Buy from Amazon.co.uk Buy from Amazon.com The ability to make convoluted scientific developments and complex cosmology seem not only accessible and comprehensible, but also effortlessly entertaining, is a precious one. Paul Sutter’s disarming, breezy...
Authors: Geraint F. Lewis andLuke A. Barnes Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 978-1-107-15661-6 Price: £12.99 (Pb) 388pp Buy from Amazon.co.uk Buy from Amazon.com The Universe seems curiously fine-tuned to allow for the emergence of stars, planets and life. Were the gravitational constant, or the strength of the weak and strong forces, or...
Apr 23, 2024 · Not just a book for cultural anthropologists and urban educators, To the Ends of the Earth is a clarion call to all environmentally conscientious citizens of our planet, with several sublime moments of ongoing habitat restoration and climate justice, including the Parque de la Papa in Peru.
Jan 1, 2014 · To the ancients, Earth was the most important object in the then-known universe. The ancient Greeks devised a geocentric system, with 27 clear spheres surrounding Earth, each having a celestial object—planets, the Sun, the Moon and stars—joined to it.
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About Ends of the Earth. The bestselling author of Your Inner Fish takes readers on an epic adventure to the North and South Poles to reveal the secrets locked in the ice about life, the cosmos, and our planet’s future.
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Aug 14, 2020 · In clear, succinct prose, Mack details five different ways the cosmos might end. For the first possibility, “the Big Crunch,” she posits that the Universe's expansion will reverse itself into a lethal crush that manifests as collisions between neighboring galaxies.
