Diamond Dealers and Feather Merchants Tales from the Sciences
To paraphrase Saul Bellow, it is extremely difficult to escape from the conceptual bottles into which we have been processed, or even to become aware that we are confined within them. Anthro pocentrism, an ancient tradition, is an intellectual constraint that has continually impeded objective probi...
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| Format: | eBook |
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Boston, MA
Birkhäuser Boston
1986, 1986
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1986 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Bending Perception to Wish: The Future as Froth and Fantasy
- The Clouded Crystal Ball: Creases of the Mind
- Great Discoveries Not Mentioned in Textbooks: N Rays
- Grand Illusions: Russian Water
- People Yearn to Believe: Dr. Fox Experiments
- Epilogue