Isaac Asimov
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Lost Sci-Fi Books 161 thru 165 -
• The Sky Was Full of Ships by Theodore Sturgeon - They tried Gordon Kent for murder–but who was really responsible?
• He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton - The story of a modern Icarus - David Rand was a freak of nature, a glorious, winged freak, who had experienced the freedom of the sky and could no longer be tied to the ground.
• The Pause by Isaac Asimov - The white powder was confined within a thin-walled,...
2) Foundation
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Foundation series volume 3
Foundation trilogy volume 2
The foundation novels volume 1
Doubleday science fiction
Foundation trilogy volume 2
The foundation novels volume 1
Doubleday science fiction
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One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building. The story of our future begins with the history of Foundation and its greatest psychohistorian: Hari Seldon. For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. Only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory,...
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"A stolen hot air balloon lands an unlikely crew on a mysterious island far from everything they know in this action-packed Jules Verne classic--now with an arresting new look! Five prisoners of war steal a hot air balloon and escape capture in Virginia during the American Civil War. They fly for several thousand miles before a storm forces them to crash land on an unknown island in the Pacific. There, the marooned men must work together to pool all...
11) Astronomy today
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Discusses how scientists and amateurs use instruments to study the universe and describes some astronomical discoveries.
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Clear and pure sky -- Ancient Egypt's livelihood -- Predicting the future in Babylon -- Early astronomy in China and the Pacific -- Astronomy in the early Americas -- Earth as a huge ball -- Celestial positions -- Early Earthly statistics -- Saved by the Arabs -- Copernicus and the center of the universe -- Open to new viewpoints -- Astronomical turning point -- Fact file : astronomy, past and present.
16) Jupiter
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A description of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, which includes information on its numerous moons, space probes which have studied it, and the 1994 collision of comet remnants with the planet.
18) The sun
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A description of the sun, the star of our solar system, which includes information on its origin, physical composition, and characteristics, as well as on studies made of the sun by instruments and satellites.