This is another book in Isaac Asimov's excellent "New Library of the Universe" series that serves as a supplementary text for the introduction of astronomy for young children. This volume is filled with beautiful photographs of stars and discusses the life and ultimate fate of different types of stars. The book is an update and revision by Francis Reddy of Isaac Asimov's "The Birth and Death of Stars" (1988). Asimov had passed away in 1992.

This is an excellent book for children describing some of the latest known facts about the Sun and serves as an introduction and suplementary text for young children. This book is a part of Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe he started for children in the late 1980's that is supposed to be updated on a regular basis. However, Dr. Asimov died in 1992 and others are trying to continue the work. The book has since been updated in Asimov's New Library of the Universe and retitled "The Sun and Its Secrets" by Asimov and Francis Reddy.

This is an excellent book for young children describing some of the latest known facts about the Sun and serving as a short introduction and supplementary text for youth interested in astronomy. This book is a part of Isaac Asimov's New Library of the Universe he started for children in the late 1980's that is supposed to be updated on a regular basis. However, Dr. Asimov died in 1992 and others are trying to continue the work and updating the various volumes. This particular book is a revision of "The Sun," published in 1988.

This is a nicely written book which describes most of modern moire pattern theory. The emphasis is on the Fourier domain and several chapters are merely an extension of papers written by the author. Another novel topic is the use of colors in moire patterns. In the area of moire pattern, this book is clearly the best so far. It has most of the recent developments and Amidror has put many nice figures which help clarify the material.

Beautiful black and white photos of California's bodies of water. Salton Sea pictures are fantastic. Perfect pictures to frame and place in any room. A magnifficant piece of work. Diserves an award. Douglas Isaac Busch is a genius at art and photography

A wonderful book filled with thousands of tidbits of knowledge. The essays span many different topics, all in Asimov's best form

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Ce n'est pas la Provence à laquelle on s'attend, ici, point de senteurs de lavande et d'oliveraie . Isaac Lewendel, ni historien, ni romancier, decrit dans un langage quasi mathématique le récit méticuleux et exact de la programmation par les Nazis et la France de Vichy de la déportation de sa mére juive.

Certaines phrases et parfois même un seul mot, comme une lame froide dans le coeur ont le pouvoir de petrifier le lecteur tant la matérialisation de la déchirure entre cet enfant et sa mere est insoutenable.

Ce livre, parce qu'il est le fruit d'un accouchement long de cinquante ans, est une oeuvre riche, documentée, sensible, parfois humouristique, et malgré son aspect terrible, témoigne de la victoire renouvelée de l'humanité sur la barbarie en ce début du 21emme siècle. Les Lewendel, pére, fils, petits-fils, que l'on a voulu annihiler, continuent de vivre, de prosperer et de se multiplier.

Asimov presents these aspects of phyiscs in bite-size pieces that anyone can digest. He uses everyday examples and only one or two simple equations to add emphasis. He explains where the math comes from and uses small diagrams to add a visual context. Some of the things he talks about are slightly out of date, but the history of the science is still interesting and enlightening. In general, the book is a bit of a snoozer, even for the hard-core science geek, but definitely worth reading for anyone who wants to understand these aspects of physics better.

There are basically two types of mysteries, those that are long and involved, requiring a full novel in order to prepare and complete the tale and those that are completed in a few pages. This volume is a collection of short stories that Asimov wrote for Gallery magazine. The setting is the library of an aristocratic club where a small set of members gather to momentarily restore their roles of gentlemen in a society where their time has passed. The “hero”, an arrogant, yet effective gent named Griswold, has a tale to tell about every topic that comes up.
The mysteries are not profound or deep, but they are challenging enough so that you will find it difficult to solve them. They truly fit the criteria of such stories, where the solution is difficult to grasp but easy to understand once it is given. I am not a big fan of mysteries, but I liked this collection because the solutions are puzzles to be interpreted rather than psychological quirks to be untangled. If you are a fan of puzzles, then you will most certainly like these.