Flights from Chaos
Subtitle: a survey of material systems from atoms to galaxies, adapted from lectures at the College of the city of New York, Class of 1872 foundation.
Publisher: Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.
Published: 1930
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Cosmogony.; Astronomy.
Other titles: Material systems from atoms to galaxies.
First sentence: It is fortunate that we are customarily unaware of our twisting, slipping, whirling, flying motion through space; we might otherwise lack the courage to explore and analyze the surrounding world.
Notes: At head of title: By Harlow Shapley.
"First edition."