Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland, April-November 1985In examining the diversity in science and life, the author explores our efforts to understand the nature of life and its place in the universe, as well as the problems introduced by our species into the existence of life on this planet. |
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Contents
PART ONE LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE | 1 |
Two Butterflies and Superstrings | 14 |
Three Manchester and Athens | 35 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland, April-November 1985 A Cornelia and Michael Bessie book Gifford lectures |
| Authors | Freeman J. Dyson, Professor of Physics Institute for Advanced Study Freeman J Dyson |
| Edition | braille |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Nov 6, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0060390816, 9780060390815 |
| Length | 321 pages |
| Subjects | › Philosophy / General Science / General Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects |
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