SUN'S BIRTH AND DEATH
Birth and Death of the Sun/ ■■. Professor George Gamow explains.'the sun's origin, present activity,;' and; final.: "collapse. He roams In a;fas.cinating.way through the wonder world.: of atomic energy out into the limitless .fields of distant nebulae. The r Mthqr writes • for the general reader, but presents the very latest in astronomical knowledge „ and speculation; He himself is aware of the tricks that' Gastronomy plays: on man-made laws.. He tells his story, with a refreshing appreciation of the whimsicalities that the telescope and the microscope have uncovered beneath the^ surface of the visible world. The book' is' illustrated throughout with sky photographs of remarkable beauty and t with schematic drawings by the author which explain graphically some the more complicated ideas.
A new edition of "Stone's Directory," a volume embracing Wellington, Taranaki, and Hawke's -Bay,- is to,' hand. This is indispensable to all sections of the community and has been brought right up to date.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 144, 14 December 1940, Page 19
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158SUN'S BIRTH AND DEATH Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 144, 14 December 1940, Page 19
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