ASTRONOMY FOR ALL 



Entirely New Edition prepared under the direction of 



Gabrielle Camille Flammarion and Andre Danjon 



Translated from the French by Annabel and Bernard Paget 



CAMILLE FLAMMARION 



This great classic has now been completely recast and brought up to date by a 

 group of French astronomers led by Andre Danjon, Director of Paris Observa- 

 tory. While preserving the readable, pithy style of Camille Flammarion, and 

 avoiding mathematics completely, the book describes the discoveries of both 

 classical and modern astronomy in considerable detail — it gives a complete 

 picture of the vast and fascinating universe revealed by modern science and of 

 our small planet travelling in space. 



Even the completely uninitiated reader is guided quite painlessly through the 

 eleven separate motions of the Earth in space ; the way time is kept ; the theory 

 of tides ; calculating the age of the Earth ; the motion and physical characteristics 

 of the Moon, planets and comets ; eclipses, the interior as well as the surface 

 layers of the Sun and its activity ; the properties of stars and their motion round 

 the centre of the Galaxy; star clusters; interstellar dust and gas; extragalactic 

 nebulae ; radio astronomy, and the construction and use of astronomical tele- 

 scopes, both large and small. Rockets and other space vehicles are fully dis- 

 cussed, together with the latest information they have revealed. 



The coverage is complete, but the Flammarion-Danjon work is more than 

 an able popularization ; it is a classic with a tone and flavour of its own, and is 

 lavishly provided with exceptionally beautiful illustrations. If Camille Flam- 

 marion was one of the most celebrated pioneers of popular scientific writing 

 Andre Danjon is famous for many discoveries and inventions (including that 

 of the 'Impersonal Prism Astrolabe', at present probably the best instrument 

 for .determining the positions of stars on the celestial sphere). Dr. Bernard Pagel 

 is on the staff of the Astronomer Royal at Herstmonceux. 



lOf X 8i inches. 917 plates. 2 coloured planispheres. 75s. net 



THE WORLD OF MATHEMATICS 



JAMES R. NEWMAN 



This four-volume work presents the most extensive collection ever published for 

 layman and expert, of the great literature of mathematics from the Rhind 

 Papyrus of Egypt to Einstein's theories. With its publication, a magnificent 

 selection of writings by the world's foremost mathematicians is for the first time 

 presented as a unified library within the reach of the general reader. 



From Archimedes on Poppies and the Universe to Lewis Carroll's Logical 

 Nonsense, from Rene Descartes' The Geometry to Lewis Fry Richardson's 

 The Statistics of Deadly Quarrels, from the early search for an accurate clock to 

 the latest attempts to chart infinity — here are more than 2,500 pages of selections 

 from a literature unparalleled for lucidity and imaginative splendour. 



Small Royal Svo. 4 vols. Cloth 11. 7s. 

 Paper £4. 4s. 



