Stimulating, thought-provoking utopian fantasy about a young man who's put into a hypnotic trance in the late 19th century and awakens in the year 2000 to find crime, war, and want nonexistent.
This graduate-level text explains the modern in-depth approaches to the calculation of electronic structure and the properties of molecules. Largely self-contained, it features more than 150 exercises. 1989 edition.
Treasury of 34 hymns, sonnets, madrigals, heroic epics (in selection) and lyrics by Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Tasso, d'Annunzio and 15... Læs mere
Add your own hues to an array of interlacings, geometric-animal combinations, decorative initials, and more, all from authentic Celtic sources including Book of Kells. Captions. 37 illustrations.
Covers every significant aspect — from palming to clairvoyance, vanishing and producing an object, etc. Explains hundreds of astonishing tricks — with coins, cups and balls, handkerchiefs, cards, more. 57 illustrations.
Famed puzzle expert explains math behind a multitude of mystifying tricks: card tricks, stage "mind reading," coin and match tricks, counting out games, geometric dissections, etc. More than 400 tricks. 135 illustrations.
Schider's complete, historical text is accompanied by a wealth of anatomical illustrations, plus a variety of plates showcasing master artists and their classic works on anatomy. 593 illustrations.
91 designs for workable projects: abstract patterns; men and women in characteristic 1920s garb; much more. Intermediate to advanced level.
Over 120 delightful pen-and-ink illustrations by the author add another dimension of good-natured charm to these wide-ranging explorations. A mind-expanding volume for the layman and the science-minded.
Here are 39 accurately rendered prehistoric creatures set in their natural habitats. Tyrannosaurus, brontosaurus, stegosaurus, and many other Mesozoic monsters are shown grazing, stalking prey, flying, fighting, and more.
16th-century classic debunks witchcraft but offers remarkable primary source of information on witchcraft, witch trials, practice of the black arts. Introduction by Montague Summers. 17 illustrations.