Author: Richard Schenkman
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 0573663343
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Richard Schenkman / 6m, 3f / Drama / Unit Set After history professor John Oldman unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation. But they're shocked to hear his reason for premature retirement: John claims he must move on because he is immortal, and cannot stay in one place for more than ten years without his secret being discovered. Tempers rise and emotions flow as John's fellow professors attem
Jerome Bixby's The Man from Earth
Author: Richard Schenkman
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 0573663343
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Richard Schenkman / 6m, 3f / Drama / Unit Set After history professor John Oldman unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation. But they're shocked to hear his reason for premature retirement: John claims he must move on because he is immortal, and cannot stay in one place for more than ten years without his secret being discovered. Tempers rise and emotions flow as John's fellow professors attem
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 0573663343
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Richard Schenkman / 6m, 3f / Drama / Unit Set After history professor John Oldman unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation. But they're shocked to hear his reason for premature retirement: John claims he must move on because he is immortal, and cannot stay in one place for more than ten years without his secret being discovered. Tempers rise and emotions flow as John's fellow professors attem
The Man from Earth
Author: Gordon R. Dickson
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812510072
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812510072
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Author: Walter Tevis
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593467477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
From the bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit, the landmark science fiction novel that inspired the classic 1976 film starring David Bowie and is the basis for the Showtime series A man wanders into town one day seemingly out of nowhere. He starts by peddling valuables just to get by. But he possesses uncanny scientific knowledge, which he uses to develop technologies of a marvelous nature. In time he builds a corporate empire that propels him to unimaginable wealth—but to what end? His rapid ascent to the highest levels of success is remarkable, but the vision of his enterprise begins to falter as he succumbs to afflictions that feel all-too-human, and the true purpose of his presence here on earth is in grave danger of being abandoned.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593467477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
From the bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit, the landmark science fiction novel that inspired the classic 1976 film starring David Bowie and is the basis for the Showtime series A man wanders into town one day seemingly out of nowhere. He starts by peddling valuables just to get by. But he possesses uncanny scientific knowledge, which he uses to develop technologies of a marvelous nature. In time he builds a corporate empire that propels him to unimaginable wealth—but to what end? His rapid ascent to the highest levels of success is remarkable, but the vision of his enterprise begins to falter as he succumbs to afflictions that feel all-too-human, and the true purpose of his presence here on earth is in grave danger of being abandoned.
The Man Who Rocked the Earth
Author: Arthur Cheney Train
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421824655
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
It was three minutes past three postmeridian in the operating room of the new Wireless Station recently installed at the United States Naval Observatory at Georgetown. Bill Hood, the afternoon operator, was sitting in his shirt sleeves with his receivers
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421824655
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
It was three minutes past three postmeridian in the operating room of the new Wireless Station recently installed at the United States Naval Observatory at Georgetown. Bill Hood, the afternoon operator, was sitting in his shirt sleeves with his receivers
The Man from Clear Lake
Author: Bill Christofferson
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299196461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nation’s political agenda. More than 1 billion people now participate in annual Earth Day activities. The seemingly simple idea—a day set aside to focus on protecting our natural environment—was the brainchild of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. It accomplished, far beyond his expectations, his lifelong goal of putting the environment onto the nation’s and the world’s political agendas. The life of Nelson, a small-town boy who learned his values and progressive political principles at an early age, is woven through the political history of the twentieth century. Nelson’s story intersects at times with Fighting Bob La Follette, Joe McCarthy, and Bill Proxmire in Wisconsin, and with George McGovern, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Russell Long, Walter Mondale, John F. Kennedy, and others on the national scene. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299196461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nation’s political agenda. More than 1 billion people now participate in annual Earth Day activities. The seemingly simple idea—a day set aside to focus on protecting our natural environment—was the brainchild of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. It accomplished, far beyond his expectations, his lifelong goal of putting the environment onto the nation’s and the world’s political agendas. The life of Nelson, a small-town boy who learned his values and progressive political principles at an early age, is woven through the political history of the twentieth century. Nelson’s story intersects at times with Fighting Bob La Follette, Joe McCarthy, and Bill Proxmire in Wisconsin, and with George McGovern, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Russell Long, Walter Mondale, John F. Kennedy, and others on the national scene. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press
The Man Who Flattened the Earth
Author: Mary Terrall
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226793621
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, philosopher, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. Offering an elegant and accessible portrait of this remarkable man, Mary Terrall uses the story of Maupertuis's life, self-fashioning, and scientific works to explore what it meant to do science and to be a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Beginning his scientific career as a mathematician in Paris, Maupertuis entered the public eye with a much-discussed expedition to Lapland, which confirmed Newton's calculation that the earth was flattened at the poles. He also made significant, and often intentionally controversial, contributions to physics, life science, navigation, astronomy, and metaphysics. Called to Berlin by Frederick the Great, Maupertuis moved to Prussia to preside over the Academy of Sciences there. Equally at home in salons, cafés, scientific academies, and royal courts, Maupertuis used his social connections and his printed works to enhance a carefully constructed reputation as both a man of letters and a man of science. His social and institutional affiliations, in turn, affected how Maupertuis formulated his ideas, how he presented them to his contemporaries, and the reactions they provoked. Terrall not only illuminates the life and work of a colorful and important Enlightenment figure, but also uses his story to delve into many wider issues, including the development of scientific institutions, the impact of print culture on science, and the interactions of science and government. Smart and highly readable, Maupertuis will appeal to anyone interested in eighteenth-century science and culture. “Terrall’s work is scholarship in the best sense. Her explanations of arcane 18th-century French physics, mathematics, astronomy, and biology are among the most lucid available in any language.”—Virginia Dawson, American Historical Review Winner of the 2003 Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226793621
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, philosopher, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. Offering an elegant and accessible portrait of this remarkable man, Mary Terrall uses the story of Maupertuis's life, self-fashioning, and scientific works to explore what it meant to do science and to be a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Beginning his scientific career as a mathematician in Paris, Maupertuis entered the public eye with a much-discussed expedition to Lapland, which confirmed Newton's calculation that the earth was flattened at the poles. He also made significant, and often intentionally controversial, contributions to physics, life science, navigation, astronomy, and metaphysics. Called to Berlin by Frederick the Great, Maupertuis moved to Prussia to preside over the Academy of Sciences there. Equally at home in salons, cafés, scientific academies, and royal courts, Maupertuis used his social connections and his printed works to enhance a carefully constructed reputation as both a man of letters and a man of science. His social and institutional affiliations, in turn, affected how Maupertuis formulated his ideas, how he presented them to his contemporaries, and the reactions they provoked. Terrall not only illuminates the life and work of a colorful and important Enlightenment figure, but also uses his story to delve into many wider issues, including the development of scientific institutions, the impact of print culture on science, and the interactions of science and government. Smart and highly readable, Maupertuis will appeal to anyone interested in eighteenth-century science and culture. “Terrall’s work is scholarship in the best sense. Her explanations of arcane 18th-century French physics, mathematics, astronomy, and biology are among the most lucid available in any language.”—Virginia Dawson, American Historical Review Winner of the 2003 Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society
The Girl from Atlantis
Author: Richard Schenkman
Publisher: Thegirlfromatlantis.com
ISBN: 9780984180905
Category : Atlantis (Legendary place)
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Athena Crowley is an ordinary eleven-year old girl who lives in an extraordinary place: The Atlantis Resort, in Nassau, Bahamas, where her father Robert is a marine archeologist. He?s the man who discovered traces of the Mythical Lost City of Atlantis, for which the hotel is named. Athena?s mother was lost years ago when a freak whirlpool took her away.Athena goes to school, rides the slides, and helps out at the hotel?s dolphin encounter? a fairly normal life. But everything changes the day an old turtle starts talking to her, and Athena realizes that she can communicate with sea creatures. Determined to understand her roots, Athena takes a risky journey to the undersea kingdom of Atlantica, where mer-people rule, humans are slaves, and dangerous and thrilling surprises await her.
Publisher: Thegirlfromatlantis.com
ISBN: 9780984180905
Category : Atlantis (Legendary place)
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Athena Crowley is an ordinary eleven-year old girl who lives in an extraordinary place: The Atlantis Resort, in Nassau, Bahamas, where her father Robert is a marine archeologist. He?s the man who discovered traces of the Mythical Lost City of Atlantis, for which the hotel is named. Athena?s mother was lost years ago when a freak whirlpool took her away.Athena goes to school, rides the slides, and helps out at the hotel?s dolphin encounter? a fairly normal life. But everything changes the day an old turtle starts talking to her, and Athena realizes that she can communicate with sea creatures. Determined to understand her roots, Athena takes a risky journey to the undersea kingdom of Atlantica, where mer-people rule, humans are slaves, and dangerous and thrilling surprises await her.
Men from Earth
Author: Buzz Aldrin, Jr.
Publisher: Gerald Ford Signed Edition+
ISBN: 9780974776958
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher: Gerald Ford Signed Edition+
ISBN: 9780974776958
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Flash Gordon Omnibus
Author: Jeff Parker
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
ISBN: 9781606905999
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This volume collects issues 1-8, Annual 2014 & Holiday special 2014 of Flash Gordon By Dynamite Entertainment."
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
ISBN: 9781606905999
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This volume collects issues 1-8, Annual 2014 & Holiday special 2014 of Flash Gordon By Dynamite Entertainment."
The Happiest Man on Earth
Author: Eddie Jaku
Publisher: Pan Books
ISBN: 9781529066364
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the 'happiest man on earth'. In his inspirational memoir, he paid tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom. 'Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming' - Daily Express Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country. The Happiest Man on Earth is a powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. 'Australia's answer to Captain Tom . . . a memoir that extols the power of hope, love and mutual support' - The Times
Publisher: Pan Books
ISBN: 9781529066364
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the 'happiest man on earth'. In his inspirational memoir, he paid tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom. 'Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming' - Daily Express Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country. The Happiest Man on Earth is a powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. 'Australia's answer to Captain Tom . . . a memoir that extols the power of hope, love and mutual support' - The Times