Guy Murchie

An American Book Award finalist, Guy Murchie's The Seven Mysteries of Life "embraces all the important information about everything humanity needs to know for continuance aboard planet Earth, or anywhere else in the universe" (Buckminster Fuller)."All life in all worlds"—this was the object of the author's seventeen-year quest for knowledge and discovery, culminating in this book. In a manner unmistakably his own, Murchie delves into the interconnectedness of all life on the planet and of such fields as biology, geology, sociology, mathematics, and physics to provide an astonishing journey into the essence of science, philosophy, and inspiration."Murchie has a remarkably comprehensive knowledge of science and writes about it with the gifts of a poet plus a highly personal, visionary, mystical spirit."— Wall Street Journal"A good book to take to a desert island as sole companion, so rich is it in knowledge and insight."— New York Times best-selling author May Sarton

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Beginning with the solar system and reaching all the way to the dividing line between matter and non-matter, this popular-level account of our material universe explains with remarkable clarity a vast range of scientific understandings. It is an old book that was ahead of its time and should still be warmly welcomed by all readers who are curious about what exists beyond the stars.

Beginning with the solar system an reaching all the way to the dividing line between matter and non-matter, this accounting of the material universe explains with remarkable clarity the latest scientific understandings.

Discusses aerial navigation, weather, the evolution of aircraft, air traffic control, sound, rainbows, and the Earth's magnetic fields

Music of Spheres book

It has been said that we know the recesses of Shakespeare's mind by the power of emotion he injected into his writing. As we think of Keats, the same phenomenon seems to have occurred. The clearness of his mental portrait is due to the brilliance of his mind and the fact that we have an almost complete disclosure of his thoughts in the poems and letters. While interpretations of known facts may differ, new facts about Keats are hard to come by. This book, however, is the first to describe the Old Mill House at Bedhampton and to verify it, by research, as the house where Keats wrote The Eve of St Agnes and spent his last night in England. It also makes more understandable Fanny Brawne's relationship with the poet. It gives a clear reading of his life and enables us to know better what Keats was really like.

Fresh out of school a very young Guy Murchie decides to travel around the world and by sheer luck and determination and quick thinking he survives the experience and then promptly writes about his adventures in this very witty and well written book. It is a testament to his courage and wiles and intelligence and sheer fortitude and wily wit - all qualities which he honed on this perilous journey and which served him well the rest of his life. ... ... Guy Murchie graduated from Harvard in the 30s and just kept on expanding. This is his first book, the story of working his way around the world in freight ships before WW2. It gives hints of his later amazing insights into science and humanity in Song of the Sky, The Seven Mysteries of Life, and Music of the Spheres.

Rich and remarkable historical sketches of the Eastern boundary between Canada and the United States. Its Discovery, Early Conflicts and Final Occupation by the English and American Settlers with some comments on Indian Life. Illustrated with photographs and maps.

This popular-level account of our material universe explains with remarkable clarity a vast range of scientific findings, covering the material Universe from atom to quasar, simply explained. Volume 1. The Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Cosmology, ranges over the creation of mountains and oceans on Earth. Volume II. The Matter, Atoms, Waves, Radiation, Relativity.