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An introduction to the science of numbers and space, discussing basic concepts, and including an introduction to computer programming, mathematical games, and activities
By Irving Adler and Ron Miller (illustrator)

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9780385261425 | Doubleday, August 1, 1990, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: An introduction to the science of numbers and space, discussing basic concepts, and including an introduction to computer programming, mathematical games, and activities

Provides information on star clusters, star twins, galaxies, black holes, and pulsars and discusses theories concerning the origin of the universe

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9780690039931, titled "The Stars: Decoding Their Messages" | Revised edition (Ty Crowell Co, April 1, 1980), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Discusses the properties and behavior of stars, including their composition, brightness, distance from the earth, motion, size, and weight.

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9780690039948 | Revised edition (Harpercollins, April 1, 1980), cover price $11.89 | About this edition: Discusses the properties and behavior of stars, including their composition, brightness, distance from the earth, motion, size, and weight.

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Surveys the history and production of food, human nutritional requirements, and the utilization of food by cells of the body and looks ahead to the food of the future

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9780381900519 | Harpercollins, July 1, 1977, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: Discusses food needed for energy and body-building and traces the history and future of food.

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An analysis of the nature and origin of life with an introduction to chemical principles

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9780381996031 | Revised edition (John Day Co, April 1, 1977), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An analysis of the nature and origin of life with an introduction to chemical principles

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9780381996093 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1976, cover price $8.79

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Discusses the importance of the environment, how it is abused, and what can be done to protect it

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9780381996178 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1976, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: Discusses the importance of the environment, how it is abused, and what can be done to protect it

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Explains the variability and relativity of hot and cold, the theories, properties, and effects of heat and cold, and the methods and instruments of measuring temperature extremes, past and present

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9780381999902 | Revised edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 1975), cover price $12.89 | About this edition: Defines the properties and theories of heat and shows how scientists have learned to produce and measure extreme degrees of heat and cold.

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Puzzles, tricks, games, and riddles make the use of basic mathematical concepts and arithmetic operations both simple and enjoyable

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9780381999865 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1974, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: An introduction to the basis of our number system illustrated by mathematical curiosities, riddles, puzzles, and games.

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9783528083304, titled "Gruppen in Der Neuen Mathematik: Eine Elementare Einführung in Die Theorie Mathematischer Gruppen an Hand Einfacher Beispiele" | Springer Verlag, January 1, 1974, cover price $69.95

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Introduces young people to devices and pieces of equipment used by scientists that have recently been invented or improved

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9780381999803 | Revised edition (Harpercollins, December 1, 1973), cover price $7.89 | About this edition: A description and analysis of the various tools and instruments the scientist uses in his work, from simple balance scale to research satellite.

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Uses the basic building blocks of elementary mathematics to introduce advanced concepts in this field

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9780381980023 | Revised edition (John Day Co, June 1, 1972), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Uses the basic building blocks of elementary mathematics to introduce advanced concepts in this field

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9780663241231 | Natl Council of Teachers of, June 1, 1972, cover price $5.60

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Games and puzzles are used to introduce the natural numbers and their negatives

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9780381996147 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1972, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: Explains the meaning of integers and discusses their uses.

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Describes the process through which atomic energy is created and discusses its potentials for the future

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9780381996130 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1971, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: Defines atomic power, describes its production, and examines its role as a present and future source of fuel.

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Surveys the systems of thought that led man to understand the nature of the earth and other planets in the solar system.

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9780381999834 | Revised edition (Harpercollins, June 1, 1969), cover price $12.89 | About this edition: History of theories about the evolution of the solar system with contemporary conclusions

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Explores Egyptian, Babylonian, and other ancient calendars and traces the development of modern calendars

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9780381999759 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1967, cover price $9.89 | About this edition: A history of the calendar from the primitive concepts of measuring time used by ancient civilizations to the Gregorian calendar invented in 1582 still used today.

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A discussion of various sensations felt by the human body and the organs which are used to perceive them

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9780381999537 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1966, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: A discussion of various sensations felt by the human body and the organs which are used to perceive them

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9780354144209 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1964, cover price $10.89

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9780381999476 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1963, cover price $10.89

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9780381999667 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1962, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: HARDCOVER

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9780381999957 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1962, cover price $8.79

Product Description: Hardcover, w/jacket, ex-lib 1962 ed, w/usual marks, only light shelfwear, d/j in 'mylar', tapestains and some ink marks in endpapers, but -- NO other stains, NO tears, non-lib writing, in tight & clean book.

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9780381999773 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1962, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: Hardcover, w/jacket, ex-lib 1962 ed, w/usual marks, only light shelfwear, d/j in 'mylar', tapestains and some ink marks in endpapers, but -- NO other stains, NO tears, non-lib writing, in tight & clean book.

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9780381999636 | John Day Co, October 1, 1958, cover price $4.95

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9780381999919 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1955, cover price $10.89

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