Phylis Morrison

Philip Morrison

Office of Charles and Ray Eames

Over 100,000 copies of this spectacular journey have already been sold. In forty-two consecutive scenes, each at a different `power of ten` level of magnification, readers are taken from the dimension of one billion light years to the realm of the atom. The text and other illustrations depict what we can perceive at each progressively smaller level of magnitude. " A brilliant pictorial and textual embodiment of a wonderful idea. " Stephen Jay Gould Videos of Powers of Ten are available from: RITELtd. Cross Tree, Walton Street, Walton in Gordano, Clevedon, Avon BS21 7AW Tel: 01275-340279 Fax: 01275-340327

A Book about the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another Zero

Powers of Ten

Explores the process of scientific investigation and the scientist's efforts to understand the natural world

An Inquiry Into how We Know what We Know

The Ring of Truth

A Book About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another Zero

Charles Babbage

Emily Morrison

A brilliant 19th-century mathematician, Charles Babbage articulated the principles on which all modern computing machines are based. This compilation of his writings, in addition to those of several of his contemporaries, illuminates the work that led to the development of the calculator. Essential reference for anyone interested in the history of computing technology.

And Other Seminal Writings

Charles Babbage on the Principles and Development of the Calculator

John Wolfe

John Billingham

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, SETI

Explores the nature of scientific theory and how we search for answers, drawing from examples such as Thomas Jefferson's surveying techniques and mathematics, map-making, and geology

Here is a provocative collection of essays by Philip Morrison, widely known for his work on the Manhattan project, and later for his involvement in quantum and nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics. Morrison offers a stimulating look at diverse subjects ranging from cosmology (particularly interstellar communication) to nuclear disarmament to creative ways of teaching science. He also offers his own perspective on his inspiring friendships with Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, Bernard Peters, and other physics giants.

Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True

Kosta Tsipis

Professor Kosta Tsipis

Offers a plan of action to deal with the threat of nuclear weapons, the population explosion, and the degradation of the environment

America and the World of the Twenty-first Century

Reason Enough to Hope

Hans Albrecht Bethe

Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this compact treatment of basic theory of nuclear forces, structures, and reactions is based on familiar results of nonrelativistic quantum theory. 1956 edition.

Philip Morrison

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