July 2007
Beginner
312 pages
7h 8m
English
The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to reprint the following:
| Page 1, left | Antique microscope. © Tony Cordoza/Stone/Getty Images. |
| Page 1, right | Antique telescope. © Jody Dole/The Image Bank/Getty Images. |
| Page 15 | Nicolas Copernicus, Heliocentric system of the universe from his treatise De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelstium libri six, Nuremberg, 1543. Image Select/Art Resource, NY. |
| Page 37 | Engraving of Archimedes from Mechanics Magazine, London, 1824. Courtesy of Chris Rorres. |
| Page 47 | Mona Caron, The Titanic Sinking. Watercolor/digital. © 2004, used with permission of the artist. |
| Page 88 | The Rosetta Stone. © Copyright The British Museum, reprinted with permission. |
| Page 91 | British constable. ... |