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From: evans@mhuxt.UUCP (crandall)
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Subject: The Adventures of Archibald Higgins
Message-ID: <1146@mhuxt.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Sep-85 20:22:51 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  8 20:22:51 1985
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If you are looking for a clear explaination of various scientific phenomea
for bright Jr. High and High Schools students this series is IT!! The series
consists of several cartoons (Here's Looking at Euclid, Flight of Fancy,
Computer Magic, Run Robot Run, The Black Hole, Big Bang, Everything is
Relative, and The Silence Barrier) by the French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre
Petit (trans to English by Ian Stewart). Attempts to provide clear descriptions
of central concepts come around every now and again - the Mr. Tompkins series
and After Man come to mind as some of the best - but this one is the best
I've seen.

I have the first two volumes (they come in the form of large magazine sized
paperbacks at about $8 a pop) and am trying to hunt down the rest of the
series. The publisher is WIlliam Kaufmann, Inc.

			Steve Crandall
			ihnp4!mhuxt!evans

Stock up on them for Christmas presents to motivated kids.