Atlantis, the Antediluvian World

Atlantis, the Antediluvian WorldThe great classic of Atlantis, this book more than any other established the existence of this lost continent for the modern world. Attracting hundreds of thousands of readers and stimulating vast debate, it influenced generations of people including countless scientists who went on to do serious work in their fields, and numerous science fiction writers. It is a measure of the power of the Atlantis myth that, despite all the evidence to the contrary,

yet written in a manner easily accessible to the layman

and differentiation of various cells and body parts in the embryonic stage

This material is presented in starred sections (which may be omitted on a first reading without interrupting the flow of the presentation) and includes a full treatment of the Mohr circle and its application to the determination of moments of inertia and strains as well as stresses

To illustrate Michaud's classic study

of teams of workers turning out Boeing B-17 bombers in Seattle

New Life for Old Houses shows exactly what to do

learning logic

including those observed in satellites and those generated by nuclear explosions

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No prior knowledge of the general theory of group characters is assumed

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Reprint of the 1960 Dover edition