| A Guide to National Geographic Society Including Maps, Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, World Championship, and More Contributor(s): Vermon, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 1276216378 ISBN-13: 9781276216371 Publisher: Webster's Digital Services OUR PRICE: $20.48 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.73 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The National Geographic Society is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institution in the world. This book provides information on people involved in the National Geographic Society such as Stephen Alvarez, Alexander Graham Bell, Barry Bishop, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Melville Bell Grosvenor, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Chris Johns, and more. Published magazines covered in this book are National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, National Geographic Traveler, and National Geographic. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |
