The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

"Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science" by Simon Newcomb is a captivating exploration of astronomical concepts and their implications for understanding the universe. Newcomb, a prominent astronomer and mathematician, presents complex ideas in an accessible manner, making them engaging for both enthusiasts and lay readers. The book delves into various topics, including the nature of celestial bodies, the mechanics of the solar system, and the evolution of astronomic...

Newcomb reflects on his early life, beginning with his childhood in Canada and his family’s subsequent move to the United States. He recounts his academic pursuits and the intellectual curiosity that drove him to study mathematics and astronomy. His narrative highlights the challenges he faced as a self-taught scholar in an era when formal education in his field was limited. Newcomb’s determination and passion for knowledge ultimately led him to become a leading figure in the astronomical ...

The fascinating autobiography of Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician Simon Newcomb.

"Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science" is a fantastic series of essays authored by Simon Newcomb, an outstanding 19th-century American astronomer and mathematician. This e-book offers readers a fascinating exploration of numerous topics in astronomy and related medical fields, presented in a reachable and attractive manner. In this collection, Newcomb delves into an extensive range of topics, inclusive of celestial mechanics, the history of astronomy, and the prac...

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imi...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

Simon Newcomb was born in 1835. He was a Canadian-American astronomer, applied mathematician and autodidactic polymath.He was fluent in several languages, and also published several popular science books, a science fiction novel and short stories.He died in 1909.

‘The End of the World is Nigh’ has been seen, heard and quoted ad infinitum all of our lives. In the comfort zone of our own arrogance and the resources that we humans have at our disposal it seems we are both inviolable and invincible. All is safe. We are in control.But Nature has a way of sending earthquakes, eruptions, fires and flood, and much else besides, at the most inopportune times and, in these more modern days, with increasing frequency and extremes.In this volum...