ISBN10: 0345336895, ISBN13: 9780345336897, [publisher: Ballantine Books.] Softcover Broca, Paul 1824-1880., Intellect., Brain Broca's brain : reflections on the romance of science Ballantine Books. New York. 1993. 18 cm. xiv, 398 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, 1979. Includes index. "A fascinating book on the joys of discovering how the world works"--P. [4] of cover. "As long as there have been human beings, we have posed the deep and fundamental questions, which evoke wonder and stir us into at least a tentative and trembling awareness, questions on the origins of consciousness; life on our planet; the beginning of the Earth; the formation of the Sun; the possibility of intelligent beings somewhere up there in the depths of the sky; as well as, the grandest inquiry of all--on the advent, nature, and ultimate destiny of the universe. we are on the verge of glimpsing at least preliminary answers to many of these questions. This book, then, is about the exploration of the universe and ourselves; that is, it is about science"--P. xi-xii. Bibliography: p. 369-372. Contents 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 -- The paradoxers. Night walkers and mystery mongers : sense and nonsense at the edge of ...
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New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good/No Dj. Date: 1993. 20th printing. paperback. Mass Market 0345336895 . 1993. Ballantine Books ISBN 0345336895 9780345336897 [US]

New York Ballantine Books 1993 20th printing paperback Very Good/No Dj Mass Market 0345336895.