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The Scientific Companion, 2nd Edition

by Cesare Emiliani
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SKU 9780471133247
This new edition of the critically acclaimed Scientific Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the physical sciences: physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, meteorology, biology, atmospheric science, and oceanography.
Emiliani traces the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang to the present, explaining the nature of the galaxy, the Earth, inorganic and organic matter, and the development of scientific thought. More than 50 new illustrations appear throughout - from stunning aerial shots of Earth's topography to striking close-ups of the moon provided by NASA. Hundreds of additional photos, charts, maps, and diagrams, plus 35 tables of the most essential facts, figures, and formulas - from Planck's constant to the laws of thermodynamics, from quantum energy levels to Avogadro's number - make The Scientific Companion an ideal desktop reference. Written for the layperson, sufficiently detailed for students, it is the only book of its kind to bridge the gap between works of popular science and college textbooks.

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Book details

Author
Cesare Emiliani
Imprint
Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Pages
372
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Series
Wiley Popular Scienc
Subjects
Science › Space Science › Astronomy
Science › Reference
Topics
astronomy · physics · Big Bang theory · earth science · geology · chemistry · biology · universe evolution
ISBN-13
9780471133247 (Paperback)9781630262266 (Hardcover)

About the author

CESARE EMILIANI was an Italian-American geologist, micropaleontologist, and founder of paleoceanography. His books include Planet Earth, The Scientific Companion and Dictionary of Physical Sciences.

Emiliani received the Alexander Agassiz Medal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1989 and the Vega Medal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography in 1983. He earned his doctorate from the University of Bologna in 1945 and a PhD in geology from the University of Chicago in 1950, and served as a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Miami.

Emiliani established that ice ages of the last half million years are a cyclic phenomenon and developed the timescale of marine isotope stages still in use today. He died in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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