| Edition |
First Vintage Books edition. |
| Description |
xii, 210 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Realms of discovery: The age of negative discovery -- The cultures of pride and awe -- An odd couple: discoverers and inventors -- 2. Trials of conscience: The writer as conscience of the world -- Our conscience-wracked nation -- 3. New-world opportunities: Printing and the Constitution -- Roles of the president's house -- The making of a capitol -- An un-American capital -- 4. The cautionary science: Tocqueville's America -- Custine's Russia -- 4. The fourth kingdom: Darwinian expectations -- Statistical |
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expectations -- Artificial selection -- The great separation -- 6. A personal postscript: My father, lawyer Sam Boorstin -- Land of the unexpected. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- History.
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Science -- History.
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Science and civilization.
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| ISBN |
0679755187: 12.00 |
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9780679755180 |
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