This book aims to make the wider issues and principal ideas of our age understandable to all. The book refers to all spheres - culture, philosophy and politics - and is split into five sections: facts, analysis, connections, perceptions and thesis, and begins with an analysis of the growth of science. Bryan Appleyard is the author of "The Culture Club" and in 1986 he was General Feature Writer in the British Press Awards.
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This book aims to make the wider issues and principal ideas of our age understandable to all. The book refers to all spheres - culture, philosophy and politics - and is split into five sections: facts, analysis, connections, perceptions and thesis, and begins with an analysis of the growth of science. Bryan Appleyard is the author of "The Culture Club" and in 1986 he was General Feature Writer in the British Press Awards.
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Very Good in As New jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Jacket As New. 283 pp. Bight green cloth binding, very clean and unmarked with a touch of corner wear. Interior is as new. Appleyard traces the history of the assault on Copernicus, Newton and Descartes to Einstein and hawking. He explores the central role of science in shaping our lives and our beliefs. 283 pages. 8.75 x 5.75. Picador/Pan Books, London, UK 1992.
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Good. No dustjacket. Shelfwear to edges of cover & light bumps to top/base of spine. Small marks to cover. Tanning/foxing/marks to textblock edges. Creases & some nicks to page edges. Tippex marks in margin on p.144. Text good. 288 p. Forms transparencies.
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