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Date
2017-07-04
Creation Date
1969-01-01
Description
222 p. : illus., maps ; 18 cm
Digital Collection
Irene P. Ertman Science Fiction Book Collection
Object Type
Book
Identifier
ertman_072
Image Format
Physical Object
Repository
Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Publisher Digital
Ace Publishing
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Transcript
Atlantis ...
... A lost continent of the Minoan culture?
A legendary island in the Atlantic ocean?
A fable – invented by Plato to provide a setting for his “ideal state?” Willy Ley takes another look and exposes still another facet of a controversy that has been raging since 400 B.C.
This new, informative, and entertaining collection of 16 explorations into science and natural history also include provocative ideas about:
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The Great Pyramid, The Golden section and Pi
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Who'll own the planets?
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The laws of utter chaos
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Death of the sun
Willy Ley, world-renowned science writer brings his rare knowledge and charm to these selections which cover almost every field of human experience.
