| Edition |
First Ballantine books edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 398 pages ; 18 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-372) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Science and human concern. Broca's brain; Can we know the universe? Reflections on a grain of salt; That world which beckons like a liberation; In praise of science and technology -- Part II. The paradoxes. Night walkers and mystery mongers : sense and nonsense at the edge of science; White dwarfs and little green men; Venus and Dr. Velikovsky; Norman Bloom, messenger of God; Science fiction - a personal view -- Part III. Our neighborhood in space. The sun's family; A planet named george; Life in the solar system; Titan, the enigmatic moon of saturn; The climates of planets; Kalliope and the Kaaba -- The golden age of planetary exploration; "Will you walk a little faster?"; Via cherry tree, to Mars; Experiments in space; In defense of robots; The past and future of American Astronomy; The quest for extraterrestrial intelligence -- Part IV. Ultimate questions. A Sunday sermon; Gott and the turtles; The amniotic universe. |
| Subject |
Broca, Paul, 1824-1880.
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Intellect.
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Brain.
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Space sciences.
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Broca, Paul, 1824-1880. (OCoLC)fst00049614
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Brain. (OCoLC)fst00837570
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Intellect. (OCoLC)fst00975732
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Space sciences. (OCoLC)fst01127807
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| ISBN |
0345288238 (pbk.) |
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9780345288233 (pbk.) |
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0345336895 |
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9780345336897 |
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