"A gem of enlightenment. . . . One rejoices in Bronowski's dedication to the identity of acts of creativity and of imagination, whether in Blake or Yeats or Einstein or Heisenberg."-- Kirkus Reviews "A delightful look at the inquiring mind."-- Library Journal In this eloquent volume Jacob Bronowski, mathematician and scientist, presents a succinct introduction to the state of modern thinking about the role of science in man's intellectual and moral life. Weaving together themes from ethnology, linguistics, philosophy, ...
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"A gem of enlightenment. . . . One rejoices in Bronowski's dedication to the identity of acts of creativity and of imagination, whether in Blake or Yeats or Einstein or Heisenberg."-- Kirkus Reviews "A delightful look at the inquiring mind."-- Library Journal In this eloquent volume Jacob Bronowski, mathematician and scientist, presents a succinct introduction to the state of modern thinking about the role of science in man's intellectual and moral life. Weaving together themes from ethnology, linguistics, philosophy, and physics, he confronts the questions of who we are, what we are, and how we relate to the universe around us.
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Very Good in Very Good (in mylar) jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Page 103 underlined in ink, with notation; Minor inked underlining on 104 and 107, else textblock clean and tight; Light soiling at the head and foot of spine and near the bottom edge on the front cover. Unclippe dust jacket, soiled covers, tear at the head of the spine/top front edge/top back corner/bottom front corner. 146pp., including index.
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