Maverick's Earth and Universe
- ISBN-10
- 1425141323
- ISBN-13
- 9781425141325
- Category
- Astrophysics
- Pages
- 273
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Trafford Publishing
- Author
- J. Marvin Herndon
Description
Maverick's Earth and Universe is about the true nature of Earth and Universe, and the way science should work, including a methodology more fundamental than the so-called scientific method.
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