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Adding a Dimension: Seventeen Essays on the History of Science

by Isaac Asimov · 1964

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In this amusing and informative collection of seventeen essays, Dr. Asimov takes the reader on a rousing mental trip into the world of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy.

Subject
science
Genre
science fiction
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 205 pages
Form
essays

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