13 Seconds That Rocked The World

After the close of a conference of the leading minds of world science, seven men, savants all, meet privately. They discuss the sorry state of civilization and wonder if Science offers a remedy. After working quietly over years, they meet again and take over the responsibility for running the world, ecnomically, politically, socially. All decisions are based on reason and logic of the combined power of seventeen hundred million minds. All the muddling of nations, courts, juries, committees is ended by the Mentator and peace arrives on Earth at last.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.

The 20th century began with a sense of great optimism. Extraordinary breakthroughs in science and invention promised the dawn of an exciting new world. Yet great developments in military technology, travel opportunities and a shift in ideologies and old rivalries, made the 20th century one of the most violent and tumultuos in world history. And the most progressive. From the sinking of the Titanic, to the release of the first personal computer, Events that Chapnged the World uncovers the people and minds - along with the influences - behind some of the last century's most significant events. Some have changed the way people think, others have changed the course of events across the globe - sometimes for the better, at other times with devastating results. All have chronicled our history. Chapters include: Culture and Society Humanity and Liberty Medicine Politics and War Science Space and the Environment Technology

Three lives, one epic story. Find out how Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Nicola Tesla changed the world we live in forever! Three men, three great minds and three completely different approaches to science. Find out how these men tamed the forces of science in order to share its power with the world. As their paths cross, a rivalry grows. The men who revolutionized the fields of light, sound and vision compete with each other to become the leading genius of the age.