Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
x, 283 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
I. England -- The magic city -- The redemption of Faust -- The children's crusade -- The blood of a poet -- II. America -- A scientific apprenticeship -- A ride to Albuquerque -- The Ascent of F6 -- Prelude in E-Flat Minor -- Little red schoolhouse -- Saturn by 1970 -- Pilgrims, saints and spacemen -- Peacemaking -- The ethics of defense -- The murder of Dover Sharp -- The Island of Doctor Moreau -- Areopagitica -- III. Points beyond -- A distant mirror -- Thought experiments -- Extraterrestrials -- Clades and clones -- The greening of the galaxy -- Back to Earth -- The argument from design -- Dreams of Earth and sky. |
Subject |
Dyson, Freeman J.
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Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
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Science.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Dyson, Freeman J. Disturbing the universe. 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1979 (OCoLC)607768717 |
ISBN |
0060111089: $12.95 |
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9780060111083 |
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