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Title:
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Disturbing the universe
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Authors:
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Freeman J. Dyson, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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[S.l.] : Basic Books, 1979
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-465-01677-8
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Size:
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xii, 283 p. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QC16.D95
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Subjects:
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Dyson, Freeman J.
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Physicists--United States--Biography
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Description:
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Contents note:
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I. England -- The magic city -- The redemption of Faust -- The children's crusade -- The blood of a poet -- II. America -- A scientific apprenticeship -- A ride to Albuquerque -- The Ascent of F6 -- Prelude in E-Flat Minor -- Little red schoolhouse -- Saturn by 1970 -- Pilgrims, saints and spacemen -- Peacemaking -- The ethics of defense -- The murder of Dover Sharp -- The Island of Doctor Moreau -- Areopagitica -- III. Points beyond -- A distant mirror -- Thought experiments -- Extraterrestrials -- Clades and clones -- The greening of the galaxy -- Back to Earth -- The argument from design -- Dreams of Earth and sky
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