An edition of Mission to Abisko (1998)

Mission to Abisko

stories and myths in the creation of scientific "truth"

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An edition of Mission to Abisko (1998)

Mission to Abisko

stories and myths in the creation of scientific "truth"

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Publisher
Perseus Books
Language
English
Pages
194

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Mission to Abisko: Stories and Myths in the Creation of Scientific "Truth"
November 1999, Perseus Books Group
Paperback in English - Reissue edition
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Mission to Abisko: Stories and Myths in the Creation of Scientific "Truth"
November 1998, Perseus Books
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Table of Contents

Analogy of nature -- John D. Barrow;
Proving the dream -- Greg Bear;
Beyond this horizon: envisioning the next century, or stories of our (preventable?) future(s) -- Gregory Benford;
Cambridge quintet: the chronicle of an experiment in 'scientific fiction' -- John L. Casti;
Becoming Maureen-a story of development -- Jack Cohen;
Algorithmic and ascetic storytelling: alternative approaches to imagination and reality -- Per-A. Johansson;
Einstein at the amusement park: the public story of relativity in Swedish culture -- Kjell Jonsson;
Telling science -- Anders Karlqvist;
Frankenstein's daughters -- Paul J. McAuley;
Mission to Abisko -- Larry Niven;
Secret narratives of mathematics-- Ian Stewart.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Reading, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
501/.4
Library of Congress
Q225 .M57 1999, PN55 .M57 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 194 p. :
Number of pages
194

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24941995M
Internet Archive
missiontoabiskos00cast
ISBN 10
0738201677, 0738200026
ISBN 13
9780738201672, 9780738200026
LCCN
99065720
OCLC/WorldCat
40686301, 90028332

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