Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper vividly portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, right up to contemporary figures such as Richard Feynman, Murray Gell-Mann, and Stephen Hawking. We meet scientists--all geniuses--who could be gregarious, aloof, unpretentious, friendly, dogged, imperious, generous to colleagues or contentious rivals. As Cropper captures their personalities, he als.
From the excitement of enlistment and going off to war, to the relaxation of camp life and the horrors of battle, this book examines the diverse experiences of the common Civil War soldier.
Contains sixty portraits of men and women who played significant roles during the Civil War years as soldiers, photographers, politicians, nurses, spies, diarists, drummer boys, and powder monkeys; each accompanied by an explanatory essay.
Includes information on arms and weapons, uniforms, camp life, and medical care during the Civil War.
Large, two-volume collection of Civil War-era photographs, giving a distinctly visual chronicle of the war.
REBELS AND YANKEES THE FIGHTING MEN OF THE CIVIL WAR America's Civil War is one of the best documented in the world, its causes analyzed and effects discussed to this day.
ROBERT M . T . HUNTER . Portrait made during Hunter ' s tenure as secretary of state . NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER , WASHINGTON , D . C . Representatives , where he led the fight for the retrocession of Alexandria County ( later Arlington ...
But every fall he took his cotton to Monroe to sell ; his proceeds were used largely for stocking up for winter . Two of those staples were coffee and sugar ... One day he had a stroke , got up , and couldn't find his left foot .
E. B. Cantey ( wounded 9/17 ) 4th South Carolina Battalion ( 5 companies ) , Lt. W. T. Field Palmetto ( S.C. ) Sharpshooters ( 12 companies ) , Capt . A. H. Foster ( wounded 9/17 ) Capt . ... B. Brown 28th Virginia , Capt .
Life in Civil War America
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