The Faber Book of Science
by Carey, John
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571179010
- ISBN 13
- 9780571179015
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Faber & Faber, 1996 8vo (21.5cm), XXVII, 528 pp. Laminated wrappers (paper slightly toned). "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)
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006723
- Title
- The Faber Book of Science
- Author
- Carey, John
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571179010
- ISBN 13
- 9780571179015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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