An edition of 'X' Stands for Unknown [17 essays] (1983)

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An edition of 'X' Stands for Unknown [17 essays] (1983)

X stands for unknown

1st ed.
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This book is a collection of short essays on various topics in Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and Mathematics.

Physics
1 Read Out Your Good Book in Verse (May 1982)
2 Four Hundred Octaves (June 1982)
3 The Three Who Died Too Soon (July 1982)
4 X Stands for Unknown (August 1982)

Chemistry
5 Big Brother (September 1982)
6 Bread and Stone (October 1982)
7 A Difference of an 'E' (November 1982)
8 Silicon Life After All (December 1982)

Astronomy
9 The Long Ellipse (January 1982)
10 Change of Time and State (April 1982)
11 Whatzisname's Orbit (March 1982)
12 Ready and Waiting (February 1983)
13 Dead Centre (April 1983)
14 Out in the Boondocks (May 1983)

Mathematics
15 To Ungild Refinèd Gold (January 1983)
16 The Circle of the Earth (February 1982)
17 The Armies of the Night (March 1983)

Publish Date
Publisher
Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
218

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Edition Availability
Cover of: ' X' Stands for Unknown
' X' Stands for Unknown
April 24, 1986, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback
Cover of: X Stands for Unknown/#08282
X Stands for Unknown/#08282
November 1986, Bookthrift Co
Hardcover
Cover of: 'X' stands for unknown
'X' stands for unknown
1985, Granada
in English
Cover of: X Stands for Unknown
X Stands for Unknown
Feb 01, 1985, Avon Books
Cover of: "X" representa lo desconocido
"X" representa lo desconocido
1985, Plaza & Janés
in Spanish - 1a ed.
Cover of: X stands for unknown
X stands for unknown
1984, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: X comme inconnu
X comme inconnu
1984, Londreys
in French
Cover of: X Representa Lo Desconocido
X Representa Lo Desconocido
June 1983, Lectorum Pubns Inc (J)
Paperback

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Garden City, N.Y

Edition Notes

Essays selected from the Magazine of fantasy and science fiction.

Other Titles
Magazine of fantasy and science fiction (Cornwall, Conn.)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
500
Library of Congress
Q171 .A73 1984

The Physical Object

Pagination
218 p. ;
Number of pages
218

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3185954M
Internet Archive
xstandsforunknow00asim
ISBN 10
038518915X
LCCN
83045019
OCLC/WorldCat
9576666
Library Thing
174374
Goodreads
1897555

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