Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: Good. 1st ed. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: Good. 1st ed. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: Good. 1st ed. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.6.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.6.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.63.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.63.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Solr Books, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.
Condizione: LikeNew. Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. b-518.
Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Condizione: Good. 1st ed. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing. In this book, the author explores the secret ceremonies of the Tewa pueblo in New Mexico which sits at the bottom of the plateau on which stands the city of Los Alamos. While these people carry out their ceremonies and dances, the physicists of Los Alamos struggle with some of the most complex ideas of quantum theory and particle physics. The book contains maps, notes, bibliography, and an index. This HARDCOVER copy is clean and solid. The jacket is in mylar.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: JWS89, Homer, AK, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. some wear on cover, pages in good condition.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st.
Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A., 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: The Book Exchange, Hickory, NC, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. *HARDBACK, stated First Edition in good to vg condition. Black boards with black quarterbinding and gilt lettering on front board and spine. Minor handling and shelfwear to boards. Pictorial dj in good condition. Slight rubbing to dj, otherwise in good condition. Previous owners name "Syers" on ffep,ltop, fore and bottom pages of book. Decorative map of The Kingdom of the Tewa pages preceding the title page. Book clean and tight. Half the original cost.
Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A., 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: beat book shop, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.
Editore: NY. 1995. Knopf., 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
dark grey & black ½ cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. 3 page corner turndowns, otherwise contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). large b&w map at front~ "the kingdom of the Tewa". decorative title pg. 379p.+author bio note & colophon. acknowl. notes. biblio. index. physics. cosmology. metaphysics. philosophy. history of science. quantum electrodynamics. murray gell~mann. niels bohr. einstein. atomic bomb project. anasazi. ~Are there really laws governing the universe? Or is the order we see imposed by the prisms of our nervous system, a mere artifact of the way evolution wired the brain? Do the patterns found by science hold some claim to universal truth, or would a visitor from another galaxy find them as quaint and culturally determined, as built on faith, as the world's religions? In this stunningly original book, set among the mountains and canyonlands of northern New Mexico, George Johnson explores the human hunger for pattern, the innate drive to find (or impose) order in our capricious world. In this land of strange juxtapositions where magic and science, religion and reason, constantly bump up against each other, Johnson introduces us to an amazing diversity of people who see the world through varied lenses, who find vastly different pictures in the night sky. Just north of Santa Fe, the Tewa pueblo of San Ildefonso sits at the bottom of the plateau on which stands the laboratory city of Los Alamos. While the people of San Ildefonso carry out secret ceremonies in their kivas and dance to the rhythms of the seasons, the physicists of Los Alamos struggle with some of the most complex ideas of quantum theory, particle physics, and a new science called the physics of information, which seeks to understand the very source of pattern and order in the world. Los Alamos and San Ildefonso are just two pieces in this jigsaw puzzle of world views. In the dizzying heights of the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountains, the faithful flock to an old Catholic church for samples of holy soil said to cure all ills. Descending from this land of miracles to the foothills around Santa Fe, we visit a revolutionary think tank called the Santa Fe Institute. Here scientists are focusing their research on questions that seem to hover within the penumbra between science and religion: How, from the random jostling of molecules, did life arise and evolve to the point where it can contemplate its own beginnings? Are we accidents of the universe~miracles~or is there a reason for us to be here? By examining some of the most radical new theories of physics and biology emanating from the laboratories of northern New Mexico and comparing them to the intricate belief systems of the Tewa Indians, a Catholic sect called the Penitentes, and other inhabitants of this land, Johnson casts the scientific enterprise in a startling new light. The result is an intellectual adventure story of the highest order, a journey to the far reaches of the scientific frontier where the human soul struggles to make sense of life's deepest mysteries.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES * Good clean copy no dust jacket.
Editore: Knopf, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 379 pages. hardcover with dust jacket. Boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468929.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. New.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. Book is in NEW condition. 1.63.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 1.63.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. Light bumping to the corners else fine in fine dustwrapper with light bumping to the extremities.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Second printing. Octavo. 379pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condizione: new.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. Buy for Great customer experience.
Editore: Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679411925 ISBN 13: 9780679411925
Da: Big Bill's Books, Wimberley, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. Brand New Copy.