1995, ISBN: 0571163521

[EAN: 9780571163526], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 2.37], [PU: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London], JOHN CAREY THE FABER BOOK OF SCIENCE, Covering hunting spiders and black hole… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780571163526], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 2.37], [PU: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London], JOHN CAREY THE FABER BOOK OF SCIENCE, Covering hunting spiders and black holes, gorillas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos, this anthology plots the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to chaos theory. It consists of accounts by scientists themselves - astronomers, physicists, biologists, chemists, psychologists - who talk about their moments of breakthrough. Ronald Ross describes his discovery of the secret of malaria; the workers in Edison's laboratory put together the first electric-light bulb; and readers share in the construction of the world's first atomic pile. The book shows how science has changed art: how Newton's Optics flooded 18th-century poetry with colour; how the vastness of geological time terrified Tennyson and the Victorians; and how modernist writers struggled to adapt to Einstein's relativity. The classic science-writers are included - Darwin, T.H. Huxley, and Jean Henri Fabre tracking insects through the Provencal countryside. So too are today's experts - Steve Jones on the Human Genome Project, Richard Dawkins on DNA, and many other representatives of the late-20th-century genre of popular-science writing which, John Carey argues, challenges contemporary poetry and fiction in its imaginative power. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

1995, ISBN: 9780571163526

Faber & Faber, 1995 8vo (24 cm), XXVIII, 528 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little dusted). ""The Faber Book of Science introduces hunting spiders and black h… Mehr…

Faber & Faber, 1995 8vo (24 cm), XXVIII, 528 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little dusted). ""The Faber Book of Science introduces hunting spiders and black holes, gorillas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos. In his acclaimed anthology, John Carey plots the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to Chaos Theory. The emphasis is on the scientists themselves and their own accounts of their breakthroughs and achievements. The classic science-writers are included - Darwin, T.H. Huxley and Jean Henri Fabre tracking insects through the Provencal countryside. So too are today's experts - Steve Jones on the Human Genome Project, Richard Dawkins on DNA and many other representatives of the contemporary genre of popular science-writing which, John Carey argues, challenges modern poetry and fiction in its imaginative power. (from the publisher's description), Faber & Faber, 1995, 4.5<

1995, ISBN: 9780571163526

London England: Faber & Faber. Very Good. 1995. 1st Paperback. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0571163521 Paperback Paperback. The Faber Book of … Mehr…

London England: Faber & Faber. Very Good. 1995. 1st Paperback. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0571163521 Paperback Paperback. The Faber Book of Science. Slight browning to edges of pages through age. Browning to spine. This book introduces hunting spiders and black holes, goriallas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos. The author plots the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to Chaos Theory. In this engrossing anthology, Carey chooses accounts by scientists themselves - astronomers and physicists, biologists, chemists, psychologigists - that are both arrestingly written and clear. 528 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) ., Faber & Faber, 1995, 3<

1995, ISBN: 9780571163526

Faber & Faber. Good. 241mm / 162mm. Hardcover. 1995. 528 pages. dj worn. <br>The editor of the internationally acclaim ed Eyewitness to History now charts the development of mod… Mehr…

Faber & Faber. Good. 241mm / 162mm. Hardcover. 1995. 528 pages. dj worn. <br>The editor of the internationally acclaim ed Eyewitness to History now charts the development of modern sci ence. In this first anthology of its kind, Carey chooses accounts by scientists themselves--astronomers and physicists, biologists , chemists, psychologists--that are both arrestingly written and clear. Contributors include Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Stephen J ay Gould, Oliver Sacks, Lewis Thomas, Rachel Carson, Sigmund Freu d, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, and scores of others. ., Faber & Faber, 1995, 2.5<