Serving Through Science : A Series of Talks Delivered By American Scientists, On The New York Philharmonic Symphony Program 1946
Untied States Rubber Company; Oppenheimer, Robert; Hubble, Edwin; Russell, Henry; Sikorsky, Igor; Wintemitz, Milton
Published by United States Rubber Company, 1946
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Bradley Ross Books, Auburn, CA, U.S.A.Bradley Ross Books
AbeBooks seller since October 3, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 23.12
Quantity: 1 available
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First edition. United States Rubber Company 1946. Very good minus softcover. 120 pages. Shading to cover, otherwise very good. Interior clean and unmarked. Serving Through Science was the first educational television series broadcast in the United States. Contains 38 articles by leading scientists including Robert Oppenheimer on the Atomic Age, Edwin Hubble on the Exploration of Space, astronomer Henry Russell on Are the Planets Habitable?, Direct Lift Aircraft by Igor Sikorsky, Milton Winternitz on DDT, and much more.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Serving Through Science : A Series of Talks Delivered By American Scientists, On The New York Philharmonic Symphony Program 1946
- Author
- Untied States Rubber Company; Oppenheimer, Robert; Hubble, Edwin; Russell, Henry; Sikorsky, Igor; Wintemitz, Milton
- Publisher
- United States Rubber Company
- Publication year
- 1946
- Condition
- Very good-
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Seller catalogs
- Non-fiction, Science
Bradley Ross Books
Auburn, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since October 3, 2001
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