Doubleday, 1963. — 272 p. — ISBN 978-0380003563, 0380003562.
«View from a Height» is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the second of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, written between 1959 and 1962. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1963. The book received a review in Science Magazine and The American Biology Teacher.
Introduction
BiologyThat’s About the Size of It
The Egg and Wee
That’s Life!
Not as We Know It
ChemistryThe Element of Perfection
The Weighting Game
The Evens Have It
PhysicsNow Hear This!
The Ultimate Split of the Second
Order! Order!
The Modern Demonology
The Height of Up
AstronomyHot Stuff
Recipe for a Planet
The Trojan Hearse
By Jove!
Superficially Speaking