View from a Height
| First published | 1963 |
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| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Nonfiction |
| Cover art | Alex Gotfryd |
| Pages | xii+252 |
| Price | $4.50 |
Notes
Price taken from dust jacket. Publication date from review slip; Kirkus Reviews confirms publication date. Stated first edition. Gutter code: E24 (on page 252). Essays first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction "Science" column. Essays are categorized in four parts: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy. "Jacket Design by Alex Gotfryd" at bottom of book cover's front flap.
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| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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1969 | Lancer Books | Paperback | Nonfiction | 74-504 | 254 | |
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1975 | Discus Books | Paperback | Nonfiction | Dean Ellis | 224 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | That's About the Size of It | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 17 | The Egg and Wee | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 31 | That's Life! | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 47 | Not As We Know It | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 63 | The Element of Perfection | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 77 | The Weighting Game | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 91 | The Evens Have It | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 109 | Now Hear This | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 123 | The Ultimate Split of the Second | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 135 | Order! Order! | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 151 | The Modern Demonology | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 165 | The Height of Up | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 183 | Hot Stuff | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 197 | Recipe for a Planet | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 211 | The Trojan Hearse | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 225 | By Jove! | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 239 | Superficially Speaking | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| ix | Introduction (View from a Height) | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
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| 1964 | P. Schuyler Miller | Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, April 1964 |