1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384306103316

Autore

Booker John <1603-1667.>

Titolo

The anatomie of the yeare 1636, sive Prognosticon astrologicum & diarium meteorologicum, vel speculum anni bissextilis MDCXXXVI [[electronic resource] ] : Wherein (besides the generall state of the yeare) you may probably behold the dayly disposition and inclination of the aire, together with the time of eclipses, great conjunctions, aspects, &c. Their effects with other astrologicall observations for this present yeare of Christs incarnation and our redemption 1636. With an essay touching the reformation of the yeare, to the pristine state it was in the emperour Julius Cesars [sic] time. Calculated ... / / Autore Joanne Bookero astrophilo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London?], : Printed by the Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge., [1636]

Descrizione fisica

[47] p. : ill., tables, diagrams

Soggetti

Almanacs, English

Astrology

Ephemerides

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title page has border of printer's ornaments within rules.

Runnning title of second part: Booker 1636.

Signatures: [A]-C⁸.

imperfect: stained and tightly bound. Two stained copies filmed consecutively. Second copy contains ms. notes.

Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910135123803321

Autore

Wukovits John F. <1944->

Titolo

The Manhattan Project / / John F. Wukovits

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Lucent Books, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014

ISBN

1-4205-1184-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

World history

Disciplina

355.8/25119097309044

Soggetti

Atomic bomb - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-98) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"My God, what have we done?" -- Background to the Manhattan Project -- The project takes form -- The work begins -- A unique community -- The bomb becomes reality -- The bomb and war's end.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides an overview of important historical events or periods in world history. This volume focuses on the background to the Manhattan Project; how the project development took form, the people involved in building the atom bomb, and how it led to the end of World War II.