W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Ave., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10110 1-800-233-4830 www.wwnorton.com Two wonderful books on exploration and discovery are recommended not just for school holdings; but for general interest readers choosing from public library holdings. Michio Kaku's Einstein's Cosmos cosmos (kŏz`məs), any plant of the tropical American genus Cosmos of the family Asteraceae (aster family). C. bipinnatus, : How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time (039305165X, $22.95) tells how Einstein's ideas changed everyday understanding of the nature of space and time itself. Theoretical physicist and author Kaku provides a fine survey of the universe as Einstein saw it, considering the foundations of his theories and how he thought in terms of simple pictures. It's this focus on how he envisioned space and time which makes EINSTEIN'S COSMOS so accessible to lay audiences with little physics background. Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation (0393050734, $22.95) by Alan Gurney gurney /gur·ney/ (gur´ne) a wheeled cot used in hospitals. gur·ney n. pl. gur·neys A metal stretcher with wheeled legs, used for transporting patients. provides an eye-opening survey of the history of the magnetic compass, which for a thousand years was the only instrument sailors SAILORS. Seamen, mariners. Vide Mariners; Seamen; Shipping Articles. used for navigation. A chronological chron·o·log·i·cal also chron·o·log·ic adj. 1. Arranged in order of time of occurrence. 2. Relating to or in accordance with chronology. order lends interest and logic to this survey of the compass and navigational challenges. |
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