About this title: In this collection of forty vignettes, biologist Harold Morowitz delights in discovering scientific principles behind such everyday phenomena as doing laundry or registering a car with the DMV. The title essay reflects on the circumstances that caused the name of Joseph Ignace Guillotin to become connected to a mechanical contraption he neither invented, built, nor used. While he relies on the disciplines of science to illuminate life on earth, Morowitz celebrates -- with wonder and wit -- the world's unfathomable mysteries.
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Description: Brand New~~Never Opened! Might have minor shelf ware and/or minor remainder mark. Satisfaction Guarantee! International Orders are Welcome! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Date Published: October, 1998
ISBN-13:9781887178952ISBN:1887178953
Description: Very Good. No spine creases & mild wear on cover. Lightly aged pages, no markings. From Kirkus Reviews More short takes (40 of them) from polymath biophysicist Morowitz (Entropy and the Magic Flute, 1993), ensconced now on the faculty at George Mason University in Virginia. The order of the essays is derived from Buddhist groupings cal. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781887178495ISBN:188717849X
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 1997-10
ISBN-13:9781887178495ISBN:188717849X
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counter Point, Washington, D. C.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781887178495ISBN:188717849X
Description: New in New jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The Kindly Dr. Guillotin is "a charmingly idiosyncratic collection of forty vignettes reflecting the observations of a deeply inquisitive thinker. " This book is immaculate. read more
Description: New. HARDBACK. Nearly New Condition Store Return copy WITHOUT a dust jacket. Never Opened, Read or Used. No names, underlining, highlighting, tears, stamps, bookplates, etc. Might have slight edge bump. read more
Description: 199pp. hardback 12mo: near Fine in a near Fine dj [ink name; else nrF] Back jacket praise from the unlikely duo of Nobel Laureate Murray Gell-Mann and Peg Bracken (who wrote "The Complete I Hate to Cook Book"). read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781887178495ISBN:188717849X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Like-new condition-Appears unread-NO remainder marks or price clippings-Tight spine-Bright pages-Stated First Edition-Price inside dustcover: $20.00-199 pages-Biologist Harold Morowitz delights in discovering scientific principles behind everyday phenomena, from doing laundry to registering a car with the department of motor vehicles. Who else but Morowitz could explain exactly what takes place every time we put a load of dirty laundry into the ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781887178495ISBN:188717849X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; First Edition, 1st printing. Both book and DJ are Fine condition with no rips, tears or marks of any kind, clean, tight and straight. Email for photo. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. Includes dust jacket. read more
Description: Fine. 188717849X Not much wrong with this one. I say it is NEW. But I guess you could say that there is the slightest bit of shelf wear. read more
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