THE RIVER THAT FLOWS UPHILL : A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain
de Calvin, William H
- Nuevo
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Nuevo/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0871567199
- ISBN 13
- 9780871567192
- Librería
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Berkeley, California, United States
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San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1987. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Soft cover/NF w/trace edge wear. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block. "Ever seen a river flow uphill? Go to the bottom of the Grand Cayon ... stand downstream of one of those big rapids on the Colorado River. A grand sweep of water flows back upstream." Many a scientist, Galeleo included, find conversations with imaginery characters can generate new ideas. A diary of a 14-day, 225 mile journey on the Colorado River, viewing geological footprints, and conversing with scientists and non-scientists, from Univ of Washington, theoretical neurophysiologist William H. Calvin(1939 -). Ponderings on the state of physical, natural, and social sciences and what one can suppose human origins and the genesis of human intelligence to be. 528 pgs. w/15 maps, presented in 14 days, followed by Postscript. Fine copy.
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- Librería
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- Título
- THE RIVER THAT FLOWS UPHILL : A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain
- Autor
- Calvin, William H
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- None as Issued
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, 3rd Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0871567199
- ISBN 13
- 9780871567192
- Editorial
- Sierra Club Books
- Lugar de publicación
- San Francisco, CA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1987
- Palabras clave
- Journal/Dairy/Memoir/Science/Neurobiology/Human Brain/Evolution/Philosophy
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Philosophy;
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