The torch-bearers [v.1]

The torch-bearers [v.1]

Watchers of the SkyThis volume, while it is complete in itself, is also the first of a...
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Author: Noyes, Alfred,1880-1958
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The torch-bearers [v.1]

The torch-bearers [v.1]

Dhs. 48.72 Dhs. 24.35

The torch-bearers [v.1]

Dhs. 48.72 Dhs. 24.35
Author: Noyes, Alfred,1880-1958
Format: eBook
Language: English

Watchers of the Sky

This volume, while it is complete in itself, is also the first of a trilogy, the scope of which is suggested in the prologue. The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unitya unity of purpose and endeavourthe single torch passing from hand to hand through the centuries; and the great moments of science when, after long labour, the pioneers saw their accumulated facts falling into a significant ordersometimes in the form of a law that revolutionised the whole world of thoughthave an intense human interest, and belong essentially to the creative imagination of poetry. It is with these moments that my poem is chiefly concerned, not with any impossible attempt to cover the whole field or to make a new poetic system, after the Lucretian model, out of modern science. The theme has been in my mind for a good many years; and the first volume, dealing with the "Watchers of the Sky," began to take definite shape during what was to me an unforgettable experiencethe night I was privileged to spend on a summit of the Sierra Madre Mountains, when the first trial was made of the new 100-inch telescope. The prologue to this volume attempts to give a picture of that night, and to elucidate my own purpose. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 6574
Author: Noyes, Alfred
Release Date: Sep 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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