About this title: Thuan recounts how a profound change in our worldview has come about, as the Newtonian picture of a sterile mechanistic and deterministic world, which dominated Western thought for 300 years, has, in the 20th century, given way to a liberated world brimming with creativity. We now recognise that reality is moulded by contingent events. The book details, in clear prose, how this sweeping change in world view has come about, using examples drawn from Astronomy, Physics, Biology and Mathematics. The science is presented soberly and accurately, but the book is suffused with passion and ...
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition / First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, New York Oxford, UK
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780195129175ISBN:0195129172
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 0195129172 xiv + 366 pp, foreword, acknowledgments, 7 chapters with 70 figures, notes, glossary, bibliography, photo credits, index. May have yellow highlighting 6.25" x 9.5" violet half-cloth boards in white & black DJ (27 oz) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780195129175ISBN:0195129172
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very good condition; dust jacket lightly rubbed and edges slightly curled; a very nice copy! read more
Description: Dust Jacket Included. Fine condition hardcover in near fine DJ. Light edgewear, tiny spot to bottom, few light smudges. "Thuan's elegant prose vividly captures the interplay of chance and necessity that shapes our universe. An astonishing array of phenomena are woven together in a coherent way. Thuan conveys an appreciation of the complexity and beauty of our cosmos, and the excitement of our ability to understand it. " $35.00 cover price. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780195129175ISBN:0195129172
Description: Excellent in Excellent jacket. NEW/REMAINDER MARK. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780195129175ISBN:0195129172
Description: Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ. Perspectives on Scientific Revolutions of the Twentieth Century. Review copy with news release loosely tipped. Translated by Axel Reisinger. read more
Description: Like New. 2000 Hardcover. 351pp. Index. Bibliography First edition copy. All books in stock. We ship daily from our warehouse. Over 200, 000 customers served online! Our feedback reflects our service...."Fast delivery, great seller", "Fantastic, came right away and was in perfect condition--thanks! " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2000-10-10
ISBN-13:9780195129175ISBN:0195129172
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"This book was well organized starting from basic scientific principle and progressing through much more advanced quantum theory and theoretical cosmology. It was obviously written by someone with a penchant for science as opposed to literature, and it's organized in a way to give brief summaries of each principle. It's an overview, not an in depth look at each subject, and it's not for the casual science reader. There's no pretense of an engaging storyline, just the facts. However, there are a LOT of facts and it touches on an impressive amount of theories."
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