From Atoms to Infinity: Readings in Modern Science ed. Clifford D. Simak (Harper & Row, 1965, LC:65-14489, $4.95, 330pp, hc, an, cover by Victor Lazzaro)
Collection of articles written for the Minneapolis Tribune.
- ix · Preface · Clifford D. Simak · pr
- xi · The Importance of Scientific Research · Hugh Odishaw · in
- 1 · Astronomy
- 3 · The Dimensions of the Universe · Harlow Shapley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 13 · The Origin of the Universe · Harlow Shapley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 21 · Life in the Universe · Harlow Shapley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 30 · Our Place in the Galaxy · Clifford D. Simak · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 39 · Mathematics
- 41 · The History of Numerals · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 11 1963, as “Man Needed More Than His Fingers to Count On, So He Invented Numbers”
- 49 · The Advantages of the Metric System · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 25 1963, as “Quick Now: How Many Inches Are in a Mile?”
- 55 · An Easy Way to Handle Big Numbers · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 18 1963, as “An Easy Way to Handle Big and Small Numbers”
- 61 · The Concept of Infinity · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune March 4 1963, as “Numbers Endless, But Endlessness Itself Comes in Endless Variety”
- 67 · Meteorology
- 69 · The Earth’s Atmosphere · Harry Wexler · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 78 · How the Weather Is Made · Harry Wexler · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 86 · Forecasting the Weather · Harry Wexler · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 96 · Future Forecast and Weather Control · Harry Wexler · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 105 · Archaeology
- 107 · How Man First Came to America · Frank C. Hibben · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 114 · The Folsom Man · Frank C. Hibben · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 121 · The Clovis Mammoth Hunters · Frank C. Hibben · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 127 · The Sandia Cave Men · Frank C. Hibben · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 135 · The Earth
- 137 · The Shape and Size of the Earth · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune October 14 1963, as “Our Earth Isn’t Round—It Bulges”
- 144 · The Pear-Shaped Earth · John A. O’Keefe · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 152 · The Structure of the Earth · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune October 28 1963, as “A Look at Our Earth: What It Weighs, What It Is”
- 159 · Project Mohole · Willard Bascom · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 168 · The Methods and Problems of Drilling Under the Sea · Willard Bascom · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 177 · Rockets and Satellites
- 179 · The History of Rocketry · Willy Ley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 187 · How a Rocket Works · Willy Ley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 197 · How a Satellite Works · Willy Ley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 206 · Future Uses of Satellites · Willy Ley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 215 · Plasma Physics
- 217 · The Fourth State of Matter · John Chapman · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 225 · How We Can Use Plasma—the World of MHD · John Chapman · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 232 · Unlimited Power for the Future · John Chapman · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 241 · The Atom
- 243 · The Electron · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune January 27 1964, as “Electrons: What Happens When You Push Them Around”
- 251 · The Proton and the Neutron · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 3 1964, as “Protons, Neutrons…Tracks in the “Clouds””
- 260 · The Structure of the Atom · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 10 1964, as “How the Building Block Is Built”
- 268 · Isotopes · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 17 1964, as “Science Answers Questions About the Atom”
- 276 · Antimatter · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 24 1964, as “Anti-Matter: Where It Fits in Nature’s Symmetry”
- 285 · Cancer
- 287 · The Cell · Victor Cohn · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 297 · Viruses · Victor Cohn · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 305 · Chemistry Against Cancer · Victor Cohn · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 312 · Cancer Epidemiology · Victor Cohn · ar Minneapolis Tribune
- 321 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)
- 325 · Index · [uncredited] · ix (r)
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