Harper Collins Publishers, 1991 — 712 p. — ISBN 978-0062700360, 0062700367 Asimov's Chronology of the World is a 1991 book by Isaac Asimov, in which the author explains in chronological order important events that happened from the Big Bang until the end of World War II. Each chapter covers a certain time period. The chapter is then broken down into headings for each important...
Harper Collins Publishers, 1991 — 712 p. — ISBN 978-0062700360, 0062700367 Asimov's Chronology of the World is a 1991 book by Isaac Asimov, in which the author explains in chronological order important events that happened from the Big Bang until the end of World War II. Each chapter covers a certain time period. The chapter is then broken down into headings for each important...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1975 — 278 p — ISBN 978-0395202838, 0395202833 Explores the fifty-year period of dynamic growth following the Civil War, paying particular attention to the role of the new immigrant in the rapidly developing nation. «Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1975 — 278 p — ISBN 978-0395202838, 0395202833 Explores the fifty-year period of dynamic growth following the Civil War, paying particular attention to the role of the new immigrant in the rapidly developing nation. «Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1975 — 278 p — ISBN 978-0395202838, 0395202833 An interpretive history of the major events, figures, issues, conflicts, and sectional divisions of the forty-five years preceding and leading to the Civil War and those of the War itself, concluding with the death of Lincoln. The beginning of division Unionism versus States rights The Virginia dynasty...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1975 — 278 p — ISBN 978-0395202838, 0395202833 An interpretive history of the major events, figures, issues, conflicts, and sectional divisions of the forty-five years preceding and leading to the Civil War and those of the War itself, concluding with the death of Lincoln. The beginning of division Unionism versus States rights The Virginia dynasty...
Houghton Mifflin, 1974 — 294 p. — ISBN 978-0395184516, 0395184517 This second volume of a history of the United States concentrates on the causes and events of the Revolution and the formative years of the new Republic. «Dr. Asimov has a genius for taking familiar events and putting them together in a new context, for fresh and fascinating looks at history.» So says Elizabeth...
Houghton Mifflin, 1974 — 294 p. — ISBN 978-0395184516, 0395184517 This second volume of a history of the United States concentrates on the causes and events of the Revolution and the formative years of the new Republic. «Dr. Asimov has a genius for taking familiar events and putting them together in a new context, for fresh and fascinating looks at history.» So says Elizabeth...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1973 — 261 p. — ISBN 978-0395154939, 0395154936 Asimov’s final four books on history written for Houghton-Mifflin deal with American history (meaning, of course, with typical US prejudice “United States” history). The first of these has to do with the period through the mid-eighteenth century when the American continents are discovered and colonized...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1973. — 261 p. — ISBN 978-0395154939, 0395154936. Asimov’s final four books on history written for Houghton-Mifflin deal with American history (meaning, of course, with typical US prejudice “United States” history). The first of these has to do with the period through the mid-eighteenth century when the American continents are discovered and colonized...
Houghton Mifflin, 1969. — 296 p. — ISBN 978-0395065792, 0395065798. Traces the history of Great Britain from the Stone Age to the signing of the Magna Carta during the reign of King John in 1215 Before the Romans The British Isles The Beaker folk The coming of the Celts Julius Caesar Roman Britain The Roman conquest The Northern limit The Inner limit The Romans leave The coming...
Houghton Mifflin, 1969. — 296 p. — ISBN 978-0395065792, 0395065798. Traces the history of Great Britain from the Stone Age to the signing of the Magna Carta during the reign of King John in 1215 Before the Romans The British Isles The Beaker folk The coming of the Celts Julius Caesar Roman Britain The Roman conquest The Northern limit The Inner limit The Romans leave The coming...
Houghton Mifflin, 1969. — 296 p. — ISBN 978-0395065792, 0395065798. Traces the history of Great Britain from the Stone Age to the signing of the Magna Carta during the reign of King John in 1215 Before the Romans The British Isles The Beaker folk The coming of the Celts Julius Caesar Roman Britain The Roman conquest The Northern limit The Inner limit The Romans leave The coming...
Houghton Mifflin, 1972. — 281 p. — ISBN 978-0395138915, 0395138914. This is the History of France, 987 to 1454 AD; from the last Carolingian king to the invention of the printing press. In « The shaping of France », the author turns his attention to France, picking up where «The dark ages» left off and showing the other side of the picture painted in «The shaping of England»....
Houghton Mifflin, 1972. — 281 p. — ISBN 978-0395138915, 0395138914. This is the History of France, 987 to 1454 AD; from the last Carolingian king to the invention of the printing press. In « The shaping of France », the author turns his attention to France, picking up where «The dark ages» left off and showing the other side of the picture painted in «The shaping of England»....
Houghton Mifflin, 1972. — 281 p. — ISBN 978-0395138915, 0395138914. This is the History of France, 987 to 1454 AD; from the last Carolingian king to the invention of the printing press. In « The shaping of France », the author turns his attention to France, picking up where «The dark ages» left off and showing the other side of the picture painted in «The shaping of England»....
Houghton Mifflin, 1971. — 326 p. — ISBN 978-0395125724, 0395125723. Examines the ancient civilizations that dominated the western end of the Fertile Crescent, focusing on their politics, religious beliefs, and social customs Before Abraham The fertile crescent The new stone age The bronze age Invasion After Abraham Abraham The chariot The alphabet The descendants of Abraham The...
Houghton Mifflin, 1971. — 326 p. — ISBN 978-0395125724, 0395125723. Examines the ancient civilizations that dominated the western end of the Fertile Crescent, focusing on their politics, religious beliefs, and social customs Before Abraham The fertile crescent The new stone age The bronze age Invasion After Abraham Abraham The chariot The alphabet The descendants of Abraham The...
Houghton Mifflin, 1971. — 326 p. — ISBN 978-0395125724, 0395125723. Examines the ancient civilizations that dominated the western end of the Fertile Crescent, focusing on their politics, religious beliefs, and social customs Before Abraham The fertile crescent The new stone age The bronze age Invasion After Abraham Abraham The chariot The alphabet The descendants of Abraham The...
Houghton Mifflin, 1970. — 312 p. — ISBN 978-0395109083, 0395109086. Traces the history of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire from the seventh century B.C. to the fifteenth century A.D. and discusses the influence of that Empire on the civilization of Europe. The town on the strait The forgotten Empire Opposite the city of the blind The life line of Athens The coming of...
Houghton Mifflin, 1970. — 312 p. — ISBN 978-0395109083, 0395109086. Traces the history of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire from the seventh century B.C. to the fifteenth century A.D. and discusses the influence of that Empire on the civilization of Europe. The town on the strait The forgotten Empire Opposite the city of the blind The life line of Athens The coming of...
Houghton Mifflin, 1970. — 312 p. — ISBN 978-0395109083, 0395109086. Traces the history of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire from the seventh century B.C. to the fifteenth century A.D. and discusses the influence of that Empire on the civilization of Europe. The town on the strait The forgotten Empire Opposite the city of the blind The life line of Athens The coming of...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. — 296 p. — ISBN13 9780395065624. — ISBN10 0395065623. In this fascinating book, the brilliant Isaac Asimov tells the story of the land between two rivers — the valley of the Tigris and the Euphrates — where Western civilization began and civilization goes on today in the troubled Near East. The history is a rich and varied one. It was here that...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. — 296 p. In this fascinating book, the brilliant Isaac Asimov tells the story of the land between two rivers — the valley of the Tigris and the Euphrates — where Western civilization began and civilization goes on today in the troubled Near East. The history is a rich and varied one. It was here that the first alphabet was born, that laws were...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. — 296 p. In this fascinating book, the brilliant Isaac Asimov tells the story of the land between two rivers — the valley of the Tigris and the Euphrates — where Western civilization began and civilization goes on today in the troubled Near East. The history is a rich and varied one. It was here that the first alphabet was born, that laws were...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. — 296 p. In this fascinating book, the brilliant Isaac Asimov tells the story of the land between two rivers — the valley of the Tigris and the Euphrates — where Western civilization began and civilization goes on today in the troubled Near East. The history is a rich and varied one. It was here that the first alphabet was born, that laws were...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. — 280 p. Chronicles the period of European history known as the Dark Ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire through the reign of Charlemagne and his successors to the first glimmer of a new age in 999. This is the sixth volume in Isaac Asimov’s brilliant histories for young people. Having recreated in his widely praised earlier books the great...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. — 280 p. Chronicles the period of European history known as the Dark Ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire through the reign of Charlemagne and his successors to the first glimmer of a new age in 999. This is the sixth volume in Isaac Asimov’s brilliant histories for young people. Having recreated in his widely praised earlier books the great...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967 — 271 p. — ISBN 978-0395065723, 0395065720 Egypt's enduring civilization described in fourteen stages which progress from ancient beginnings to contemporary time. Here in his usual lucid and colorful style, Asimov tells of the story from prehistoric times to the present day. Prehistoric Egypt The Nile The neolithic Irrigation Security The two...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967 — 271 p. — ISBN 978-0395065723, 0395065720 Egypt's enduring civilization described in fourteen stages which progress from ancient beginnings to contemporary time. Here in his usual lucid and colorful style, Asimov tells of the story from prehistoric times to the present day. Prehistoric Egypt The Nile The neolithic Irrigation Security The two...
Walker & Co, 1991. — 216 p. — ISBN 9780802711229, 0802711227. Reviewing the major events, trends, and personalities of world history from 8000 BC to the present, the authors offer forecasts about what lies ahead in the next millennium The prolific Asimov cuts another notch in his smoking keyboard by collaborating with space-specialist White — this time to summarize ten...
Walker & Co, 1991. — 216 p. — ISBN 9780802711229, 0802711227. Reviewing the major events, trends, and personalities of world history from 8000 BC to the present, the authors offer forecasts about what lies ahead in the next millennium The prolific Asimov cuts another notch in his smoking keyboard by collaborating with space-specialist White — this time to summarize ten...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1967. — 278 p. — ISBN 978-0395065778, 0395065771. An historical survey of Rome and her Empire from 30 B.C. to 476 A.D., five-hundred years during which the heritage of Roman law and Christianity developed and survived the Germanic invasions. The author tells about the centuries-old period of Roman history - the emergence, rise and fall of the Empire,...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1967 — 278 p. — ISBN 978-0395065778, 0395065771 An historical survey of Rome and her Empire from 30 B.C. to 476 A.D., five-hundred years during which the heritage of Roman law and Christianity developed and survived the Germanic invasions. The author tells about the centuries-old period of Roman history - the emergence, rise and fall of the Empire,...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1967 — 278 p. — ISBN 978-0395065778, 0395065771 An historical survey of Rome and her Empire from 30 B.C. to 476 A.D., five-hundred years during which the heritage of Roman law and Christianity developed and survived the Germanic invasions. The author tells about the centuries-old period of Roman history - the emergence, rise and fall of the Empire,...
М.: Центрполиграф, 2003. — 302 с. — (Научно-популярная библиотека). — ISBN 978-5-9524-0430-4, 5-9524-0430-8. Знаменитый писатель фантаст, ученый с мировым именем, великий популяризатор науки, автор около 500 фантастических, исторических и научно-популярных изданий приглашает вас в увлекательное путешествие по просторам истории древнего мира. Айзек Азимов (1920-1992)...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1965. — 320 p. — ISBN 978-0395065747, 0395065747. No nation in history has left the world such a heritage as the Creeks. It seems scarcely credible that so sparse a people, settled on the rocky islands and peninsulas of the Aegean Sea, could have accomplished so much; but they excelled at whatever they set their hands to, warfare or politics, art or...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 1965. — 320 p. — ISBN 978-0395065747, 0395065747. No nation in history has left the world such a heritage as the Creeks. It seems scarcely credible that so sparse a people, settled on the rocky islands and peninsulas of the Aegean Sea, could have accomplished so much; but they excelled at whatever they set their hands to, warfare or politics, art or...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1965. — 320 p. — ISBN 978-0395065747, 0395065747. No nation in history has left the world such a heritage as the Creeks. It seems scarcely credible that so sparse a people, settled on the rocky islands and peninsulas of the Aegean Sea, could have accomplished so much; but they excelled at whatever they set their hands to, warfare or politics, art or...
Пер. с англ. Е.А.Дорониной. — М.: Центрполиграф, 2007. — 396 с. — (Научно-популярная библиотека). — ISBN 978-5-9524-2844-7 Знаменитый писатель и фантаст, ученый с мировым именем, великий популяризатор науки, автор около 500 научно-популярных, фантастических, детективных, исторических и юмористических книг приглашает вас в путешествие по Греции. В этой книге Азимов рассказыввает...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. — 230 p. Realm of Algebra by Isaac Asimov is a short introduction to the basics of algebra. It's only about 230 pages, outlining concepts, running through examples and pulling together things you've already learned in arithmetic. The beginning of the book demystifies algebra, then Asimov goes on to show you how to work out all the a's,...
Перевод: В. Г. Сапожников. — М.: Центрполиграф, 2006. — 330 с., ил. — ISBN: 5-9524-1524-5 В своей книге А.Азимов рассказывает о сложной и противоречивой эпохе, названной Темными веками. Автор повествует не только о Европе, но и о событиях, которые происходили в эти времена на Востоке, в Северной Африке и Азии. О том, как боролось с язычеством и ересями набирающее силу...
Пер. с англ. Б.Э. Верпаховского. — М.: Центрполиграф, 2002. — 331 с. — (Научно-популярная библиотека). — ISBN 5-227-01706-9. В этой книге собраны ценнейшие научные данные об истории, политике, религии, науках, искусстве, сельском хозяйстве и ремеслах народов, живших на территории Среднего Востока (обозначение стран Ближнего Востока вместе с Ираном и Афганистаном). Вы получите...
М.: Центрполиграф, 2007. — 368 с. — (Научно-популярная библиотека). — ISBN 978-5-9524-3270-3. В этой книге А. Азимов пишет об одном из самых древних и прекрасных городов мира, основанном императором Константином. Его называли "золотым мостом между Европой и Западом", через столицу Востока шла торговля Западной Европы с Причерноморьем, Ираном, Индией, Китаем. Это был культурный...
Перевод В. Кайдалова — М.: Центрполиграф, 2003. — 180 с. — ISBN 5-227-01767-0. В книге знаменитого фантаста, ученого с мировым именем А. Азимова ярко и увлекательно повествует о древних именах и словах из восхитительных и занимательных сказаний о богах и людях, о героических свершениях и трагедиях, сложенных одним из самых совершенных воображений, которое только знало...
Пер. с англ. Б.Э. Верпаховского. — М.: Центрполиграф, 2002. — 331 с. — (Научно-популярная библиотека) — ISBN 5-227-01706-9. В этой книге собраны ценнейшие научные данные об истории, политике, религии, науках, искусстве, сельском хозяйстве и ремеслах народов, живших на территории Среднего Востока (обозначение стран Ближнего Востока вместе с Ираном и Афганистаном). Вы получите...
Пер. с англ. Л.А. Игоревского. — М.: Центрполиграф, 2007. — 284 с. — ISBN: 9785-9524-3149-2. В книге известного ученого и писателя-фантаста Л. Азимова собраны ценнейшие научные данные об истории, политике, религии, науках, искусстве, сельском хозяйстве и ремеслах Египта со времен глубокой древности до наших дней. Вы получите полное и подробное представление о зарождении,...
Пер. с англ. Е.А. Дорониной. — М.: Центрполиграф, 2007. — 396 с. — (Научно-популярная библиотека). — ISBN 978-5-9524-2844-7. Знаменитый писатель и фантаст, ученый с мировым именем, великий популяризатор науки, автор около 500 научно-популярных, фантастических, детективных, исторических и юмористических книг приглашает вас в путешествие по Греции. В этой книге Азимов...
М.: Центрполиграф, 2005. — 321 с. — (Научно-популярная литература). — ISBN: 5-9524-0930-Х. Знаменитый писатель-фантаст, ученый с мировым именем, великий популяризатор науки, автор около 500 научно-популярных, фантастических, детективных, исторических и юмористических изданий приглашает вас в увлекательное путешествие во времени, к истокам европейской цивилизации. В книге...