Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2024 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers...
For the last four hundred years, women have played a part far in excess of their numerical representation in the history of astronomical research and discovery. It was a woman who gave us our first...
The Life and Times of Dr Henry Hicks of St Davids, and the Bubble that Refused to Burst
by Dyfed Elis-Gruffydd
ISBN: 9781800993310
Pub Date: 2023-05-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
48 Pages
Welsh doctor Henry Hicks had one huge passion: Geology. Author of over 60 important articles and academic papers, he made a major contribution to 19th century geological study and, despite being an amateur with no formal training in the subject, was eventually elected president of both the Geologist’s Association and the Geological Society.
Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, this edition contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year’s astronomical events.
An exploration of the spectacular minerals and gemstones of southern Africa – a region that is home to some of the most ancient rocks on Earth. A comprehensive introduction unpacks regional geology and major rock formations, and is followed by detailed descriptions of the minerals that occur here and their gemological properties.
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