Little, Brown and Company Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1991 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full black and blue clothes, no dust-jacket fort et grand In-8 1 vol. - 874 pages
1st edition Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Foreword, Preface, xv, Text, 859 pages - 1. The realm of the atom : Atoms and quarks - Time and space - 2. The wider Universe : The Sun and beyond - The structure of the Universe - Beginnings and endings - 3. The cosmos of numbers : About mathematics - Artificial intelligence and all that - Math angst - 4. The ways of science : Scientist's lives and works - The poetry of science - Philosophy and science - Acknowledgments, index no dust-jacket, else near fine copy, no markings - minor foxings on the clothes