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Science for Everyone – Our Planet – The Earth

Posted on December 23, 2011 by damitr

The book in this post is titled Our Planet – The Earth by A. V. Byalko. The book is wonderfully written and well illustrated. This is a book which mingles with a lot of disciplines and presents us with a better … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Elementary Kinematics of Elementary Particles

Posted on December 21, 2011 by damitr

We now come to another interesting title in the Science for Everyone, called Elementary Kinematics of Elementary Particles by G. I. Kopylov. This book by and large introduced me to many concepts in particle physics. This book is especially relevant … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Silhouttes of Chemistry

Posted on December 20, 2011 by damitr

In the Science for Everyone Series we now come to Silhouttes of Chemistry by D. N. Trifonov and L. G. Vlasov. This one is for all the people who were waiting for chemistry books. The back cover of the book … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Storming the Fortress of Fusion

Posted on December 20, 2011 by damitr

In the Science for Everyone Series we now come to the book Storming the Fortress of Fusion by G. S. Vornov. This book is one of the earliest Mir books that I have bought. The back cover of the book … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Progeny of Volcanoes

Posted on December 19, 2011 by damitr

Till now we have not seen any books in the area of Geology, so this one is for all the people who are interested in volcanoes. In Science for Everyone series now we come to The Progeny of Volcanoes by … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Yes, No Or Maybe

Posted on December 19, 2011 by damitr

This time in the Science for Everyone series we come to a text on Statistics, this one is named Yes, No Or Maybe and is written by Ya. I Khurgin. This is what the back cover of the book says: … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – This Fascinating Astronomy

Posted on December 8, 2011 by damitr

We now come to another book in Science for Everyone Series, this one is titled This Fascinating Astronomy by V. N . Komarov. This book goes a step further than the two other astronomy books (All About The Telescope, A … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – The Greatest Speed

Posted on December 2, 2011 by damitr

We now come to another one in the Science for Everyone Series. This one is all about c; The Greatest Speed, the speed of light by S. R. Filonovich. The book opens with a dialogue from Galileo’s book and opens … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Problems in Plane Geometry

Posted on December 1, 2011 by damitr

As told in the last post, we now come to the Problems in Plane Geometry by I. F. Sharygin in the Science for Everyone series. In the preface Sharygin says: This volume contains over 600 problems in plane geometry and … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Problems in Solid Geometry

Posted on December 1, 2011 by damitr

We are still on the Science for Everyone series. This post is first of two books by I. F. Sharygin. The two books are problem and solution books in geometry. In this post the Problems in Solid Geometry is taken … Continue reading →

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