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Random House
Language
English
Pages
210

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Subjects
Civilization, Modern, History, Modern Civilization, Science, Science and civilization, Civilization, modern, Science, history, New York Times reviewed

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Cover of: La nariz de Cleopatra
La nariz de Cleopatra: ensayos sobre lo inesperado
1996, Crítica
in Spanish
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O nariz de Cleópatra: ensaios sobre o inesperado
1996, Civilização Brasileira
in Portuguese
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Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected
March 1995, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio Cassette in English
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O nariz de Cleópatra: ensaios sobre o inesperado
1995, Gradiva
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Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected
October 31, 1995, Vintage
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Cleopatra's nose: essays on the unexpected
1994, Random House
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Cleopatra's nose: essays on the unexpected
1994, Easton Press
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Cleopatra's Nose
January 1994, Books on Tape
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Table of Contents

I. Realms of discovery
1. The age of negative discovery Page 3
2. The cultures of pride and awe Page 18
3. An odd couple: discoverers and inventors Page 31
II. Trials of conscience
4. The writer as conscience of the world Page 41
5. Our conscience-wracked nation Page 53
III. New-world opportunities
6. Printing and the Constitution Page 63
7. Roles of the president's house Page 74
8. The making of a capitol Page 86
9. An un-American capital Page 97
IV. The cautionary science
10. Tocqueville's America Page 107
11. Custine's Russia Page 113
V. The fourth kingdom
12. Darwinian expectations Page 125
13. Statistical expectations Page 141
14. Artificial selection Page 158
15. The great separation Page 170
VI. A personal postscript
16. My father, lawyer Sam Boorstin Page 181
17. Land of the unexpected Page 191

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Copyright Date
1994

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
909
Library of Congress
CB358 .B63 1994

Contributors

Editor
Ruth F. Boorstin

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xii, 210 p.
Number of pages
210
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.5 x 0.90 inches

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1077851M
ISBN 10
0679435050
LCCN
94001079
Library Thing
194682
Goodreads
1578203

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