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The measure of the universe
By Isaac Asimov. 1983
Many people have difficulty in grasping the size of our universe. By using examples of various measurements -- length, pressure,…
time and temperature -- Asimov explains how to relate the unimaginable. For example, the tallest man on record was 9 feet tall while the smallest dinosaur was the size of a chicken. 1983.The lost Ark of the Covenant: solving the 2,500 year old mystery of the fabled biblical ark
By Tudor Parfitt. 2008
Historian-adventurer, author of "Journey to the Vanished City: The Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel", recounts his quest for…
the ancient sacred chest that once held the Ten Commandments. Parfitt begins among a remote African people who claim such a box lies in a mountain cave. 2008.Astrophysics for young people in a hurry
By Gregory Mone, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. 2019
Pourquoi E=mc2?: et comment ça marche? ((Quai des sciences).)
By Brian Cox, J. R Forshaw, Guy Chouraqui. 2012
" Savez-vous que vous voyagez à la vitesse de la lumière ? Et non seulement vous, mais votre chaise, votre…
table, votre maison, la Terre elle-même ? Bien sûr, nous ne parlons pas ici d'un voyage dans l'espace en trois dimensions, mais dans la structure profonde de l'univers : l'espace-temps. Vous trouvez cela difficile à croire ? Pourtant, c'est bien ce que nous dit la fameuse équation d'Einstein : E = mc2 ! En talentueux passeurs de savoirs, Brian Cox et Jeff Forshaw nous révèlent dans ce livre les mystères de la théorie de la relativité. Grâce à eux, même sans bagage mathématique, vous pourrez percer les secrets de l'équation la plus célèbre du monde ! " -- 4e de couv. 2012. Titre uniforme: Why does E = MC²?Essential Judaism: a complete guide to beliefs, customs, and rituals
By George Robinson. 2000
A syndicated columnist and committed Reform Jew offers his viewpoints on the various Jewish movements--Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist--and provides…
information on issues such as prayer and ritual, festivals, life cycle events, and Jewish mysticism. He also includes the 613 commandments found in the Torah and discusses several philosophers. 2000.Biblical images: men and women of the book
By Adin Steinsaltz. 1984
Hanukkah: festivals and holidays
By June Behrens. 1984
Le livre d'Annaëlle
By Annaëlle Chimoni, Joseph Sitruk. 2000
Moïse et le monothéisme ((Idées ; 138. Philosophie).)
By Sigmund Freud, Anne Berman. 1948
Le mètre du monde
By Denis Guedj. 2000
View from a height
By Isaac Asimov. 1964
The cosmological milk shake: a semi-serious look at the size of things
By Robert Ehrlich. 1994
A physicist's humourous short essays concerning the size, weight, and distance of objects. Answers such questions as "How Tall Can…
Trees Grow?", "How Far Is the Sun?", and "What Does Air Weigh?" 1994.The Prophets for the common reader
By Mary Ellen Chase. 1963
Relativity: the special and the general theory
By Albert Einstein. 1961
Scientist Albert Einstein presents his theory of relativity--the measurement and study of space and time--for the layman who "is not…
conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." Originally published in 1916. This fifteenth edition includes five appendixes. 1961. Uniform title: Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie.Purim
By Howard Greenfeld, Elaine Grove. 1982
A short history of Judaism
By Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok. 1999
Blue heaven
By Lionel Blue. 1989
When he was younger, Lionel Blue waited anxiously to be struck by a special revelation from heaven. As he grew…
older and the bolt from above failed to materialise, he realised that real knowledge of heaven - and earth - came in the most unlikely situations. He also realised that humour is an integral part of our ability to cope with living. In "Blue heaven" Rabbi Blue has produced a collection of amusing and thought-provoking stories.Le cantique des quantiques: le monde existe-t-il ?
By Sven Ortoli, Jean-Pierre Pharabod. 2004
L'esprit, cet inconnu ((Que sais-je? ; 698))
By Jean Emile Charon. 1977
Des atomes et des hommes ((Idées nrf ; 195))
By Louis Leprince-Ringuet. 1966