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Infinite in all directions : Gifford lectures given at Aberdeen, Scotland, April-November 1985
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Infinite in all directions : Gifford lectures given at Aberdeen, Scotland, April-November 1985

Author: Freeman J Dyson
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, 1989, ©1988.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st Perennial Library edView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Freeman J Dyson
ISBN: 0060915692 9780060915698
OCLC Number: 19577166
Notes: "A Cornelia and Michael Bessie book."
Description: viii, 321 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Life in the universe: In praise of diversity ; Butterflies and superstrings ; Manchester and Athens ; How did life begin? ; Why is life so complicated ; How will it all end? -- pt. 2. People and machines: Roots ; Quick is beautiful ; Science and space ; Engineers' dreams ; The balance of power ; Star wars ; The example of Austria ; Camels and swords ; Nuclear winter ; The twenty-first century ; Butterflies again.
Responsibility: Freeman Dyson ; edited by the author.

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