1980 BRITANNICA YEARBOOK OF SCIENCE & THE FUTURE
Published by Encyclopaedia Britannica
These Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbooks offer a fantastic snapshot of a bygone era from a scientific and medical point of view - with fascinating predictions of how the future was perceived at the time. With articles written by experts in their field, they are interesting to read, well illustrated and very enjoyable.
Articles include:
- The Sky-High War by Clarence A Robinson Jr
- NY to LA in 54 Minutes - By Subway by Robert M Salter - Planetran / Vactrain
- Spare Parts for People by W. J. Kolff and John Lawson
- Those Strange New Racing Cars by Paul Van Valkenburgh
- Einstein Revisited: A Centennial Evaluation by Robert H Dicke
- The Structure of the Universe by Robert M Wald
- Building to Save Energy by Richard G Stein
- Saving the Sacred Stones by Roy Davies
- Corrosion - The Silent Scourge by Jerome Kruger
- Antarctica - The Living Legacy by George A Llano
- Locust Plague: A Threat Renewed by P. T. Haskell
- The Science of Growing a Tree by Jonathan W Wright
- Mining the Ocean by Robert E Burns
- Children Who Have Trouble Learning by Robert O Pihl
- Koster and the New Archaeology by Stuart Struever and Felicia Antonelli Holton
The book is a large format hardback with burgundy leatherette boards with gilt text on the spine. The book measures 28.5 x 22 cm, and weighs around 1.8kg, with 448 pages
Condition: This second-hand hardback book is in excellent condition, some evidence of light reading wear, some minor ’spotting’ on the end papers, the pages are clean and tightly bound. There is no dust jacket. The book pictured below is the one you will receive.
Condition: This second-hand hardback book is in excellent condition, some evidence of light reading wear, some minor ’spotting’ on the end papers, the pages are clean and tightly bound. There is no dust jacket. The book pictured below is the one you will receive.
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