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Imagination, Annotated eBook Series

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  • From the Earth to the Moon

    Annotated for Our Spacefaring Age

    by Jules Verne ...
    Translated by Walter James Miller ...
    Series series Imagination, Annotated
    A new, annotated edition of Jules Verne’s classic, which considers the past, present, and future of spaceflight from scientific as well as humanistic angles.In an age when the idea of a “planet B” seems tempting, this edition of Jules Verne’s classic From the Earth to the Moon (1865) offers a complete and unabridged translation into English alongside extensive annotations and essays from ... Read more

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  • 18 Miles

    The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather

    by Christopher Dewdney ...
    “With wit and a humbling sense of wonder, this is a book that can be shared and appreciated by a wide audience who now religiously check their phones for daily forecasts.” — Publishers Weekly Starred Review“This terrific, accessible, and exciting read helps us to better understand the aspects of weather and the atmosphere all around us.” —Library Journal Starred ReviewWe live at the bottom of an ... Read more

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  • Atlantis the Great Flood and the Asteroid

    by Prescott Rawlings ...
    Atlantis the Great Flood and the Asteroid examines the evidence for an asteroid impact in early human prehistory which interrupted the progression of human development. It considers whether a large asteroid caused the Earth to shift its axis the Great Flood a Mass Extinction Event and possibly sank the island of Atlantis right where Plato said it was. Clues come from geology physics archeology ... Read more

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  • A Crack in the Edge of the World

    America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

    by Simon Winchester ...
    The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive ... Read more

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  • Maps & Civilization

    Cartography in Culture and Society

    by Norman J. W. Thrower ...
    A concise introduction to the history of cartography.In Maps & Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various ... Read more

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  • The Big Ones

    How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them)

    by Dr. Lucy Jones ...
    By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to comeEarthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--they stem from the same forces that give our planet life. Earthquakes give us natural springs; volcanoes produce fertile soil. It is only when these forces exceed our ability to withstand them ... Read more

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  • From the Earth to the Moon

    by Jules Verne ...
    Series series Extraordinary Voyages
    Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen.When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big ... Read more

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  • The Flat Earth Conspiracy

    by Eric Dubay ...
    Wolves in sheep’s clothing have pulled the wool over our eyes. For almost 500 years, the masses have been thoroughly deceived by a cosmic fairy-tale of astronomical proportions. We have been taught a falsehood so gigantic and diabolical that it has blinded us from our own experience and common sense, from seeing the world and the universe as they truly are. Through pseudo-science books and ... Read more

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  • Hollow Earth

    The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilization

    by David Standish ...
    A remarkable cultural history of what might exist under the earth's surface—as reflected in mythology, religion, science, literature, and good old crackpottery."A surprising history of imaginary voyages to the planet's core . . .entertaining . . .'tandish's research is impressive." — New York Times Book ReviewBeliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the idea that the earth has ... Read more

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  • The Lost Art of Finding Our Way

    by John Edward Huth ...
    Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic in breadth, weaving together astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, and ethnography, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way puts us in the shoes, ships, ... Read more

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  • Somnium ("The Dream")

    by Johannes Kepler ...
    According to Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov, Kepler´s "Somnium" ("The Dream"), written around 1611, should be considered the first science-fiction novel ever. The eminent astronomer Johannes Kepler imagines a trip to the moon and speculates about its inhabitants. ... Read more

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  • Analogia

    The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control

    by George Dyson ...
    A technology historian presents a startling look back at the analog age and life before the digital revolution—and an unsettling vision of what comes next.Named one of WIRED's "The Best Pop Culture That Got Us Through 2020""A pleasingly eccentric, impossibly wide-ranging tech treatise/memoir. . . . A thoughtful—and most thought-provoking—exploration of where our inventions have taken and will take ... Read more

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