The Hedgehog, the Fox and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities Tapa dura - 2003

Hardback. Very Good.

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Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2003-05-28. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Book is in good condition. All pages are intact and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket.

Jonathan Cape, 2003. 1st. Softcover. Very Good+. Book in very good clean condition. Very slight shelf wear and rubbing to cover.

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2003. Hardcover. Used: Acceptable. Condition good. Isbn 0-224-06309-X,022406309X. Mending and Minding the Misconceived Gap Between Science and the Humanities. Though this final book is not the most accessible of Stephen Jay Gould's meditations on science and culture, it is a complex and revealing look at one of the late paleontologist's great passions: the unity of human endeavour. The titular hedgehog and fox refer to the classic dichotomy of persistence opposed to agility of thought, which Gould uses as a backbone in comparing, contrasting and balancing science and the humanities. Unlike many scientists, he does not consider humanities (nor religion) to be inferior to his discipline. Drawing liberally from Renaissance and Scientific Revolution sources, Gould shows that the perceived differences in the two cultures are mostly false. Readers of EO Wilson's Consilience will find many similarities here, though Gould emphatically rejects Wilson's conclusion that… Leer más

Jonathan Cape, London, 2003,. /Dust Jacket Included. 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 022406309X 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xiv,274pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, slightly bumped at top of spine, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. not price-clipped. ISBN: 022406309X .

Penguin Random House, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harmony Books, 2003-01-01. hardcover. New.

U.S.A.: Jonathan Cape, 2003. Hardback in fine condition with fine condition dust jacket.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

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