Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder [1st Mariner books ed] 9780547347356, 0547347359, 0-395-88382-2, 0-618-05673-4, 978-0-618-05673-6

Table of contents :
Content: ch. 1. Anaesthetic of familiarity --
ch. 2. Drawing room of dukes --
ch. 3. Barcodes in the stars --
ch. 4. Barcodes on the air --
ch. 5. Barcodes at the bar --
ch. 6. Hoodwink'd with faery fancy --
ch. 7. Unweaving the uncanny --
ch. 8. Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance --
ch. 9. Selfish cooperator --
ch. 10. Genetic book of the dead --
ch. 11. Reweaving the world --
ch. 12. Balloon of the mind.

Polecaj historie

Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder 0395883822, 0618056734, 9780618056736, 9780547347356, 9780395883822

The author of The Selfish Gene offers a witty and insightful assessment of what science is, how it feeds the human appet

148 85 1MB Read more

Johnny DeLusion All Books

Johnny DeLusion - Turkish PUA all books.

231 29 6MB Read more

Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist [1st Mariner books ed] 9780151012787, 9780547336046, 0547336047

Preface: "Let Newton be" -- Learning to think -- A rogue's progress -- Passions -- The new warden -- Skir

319 33 524KB Read more

Lee: the last years [1st Mariner books ed] 0395929741, 9780547525945, 9780395929742

After his surrender at Appomattox, Robert E. Lee lived only another five years - the forgotten chapter of an extraordina

298 31 8MB Read more

Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist [1st Mariner books ed] 9780151012787, 9780547336046, 0547336047

Preface: "Let Newton be" -- Learning to think -- A rogue's progress -- Passions -- The new warden -- Skir

328 115 524KB Read more

Christopher Columbus: the intrepid mariner [1st ed] 9780307800879, 0307800873

The life and times of one of the world's greatest navigators. Join Columbus on his famous voyage as he struggles ag

436 21 3MB Read more

Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Wonder and Religion in American Cinema 076187223X, 9780761872238

This book elucidates the film-watching impulse through the prism of religion. It illustrates how films utilize religious

108 42 2MB Read more

The canon: a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science [1st Mariner books ed] 9780618242955, 9780547053462, 9780547348568, 0547348568, 9781299881204, 1299881203

Award-winning science journalist Angier takes us on a "guided twirligig through the scientific canon." She dra

454 69 2MB Read more

Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Wonder and Religion in American Cinema 076187223X, 9780761872238

This book elucidates the film-watching impulse through the prism of religion. It illustrates how films utilize religious

124 118 863KB Read more

Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the struggle for the soul of science [1st Anchor books ed] 9780307389480, 0307389480, 9781299107083, 1299107087

Werner Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle" challenged centuries of scientific understanding, placed him

604 78 304KB Read more