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Author: Freeman J. Dyson Publisher: University of Virginia Press ISBN: 0813931436 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
Freeman Dyson’s latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist’s thoughts on science and technology into a unified theory. The emphasis is, instead, on the myriad ways in which the universe presents itself to us--and how, as observers and participants in its processes, we respond to it. "Life, like a dome of many-colored glass," wrote Percy Bysshe Shelley, "stains the white radiance of eternity." The author seeks here to explore the variety that gives life its beauty. Taken from Dyson’s recent public lectures--delivered to audiences with no specialized knowledge in hard sciences--the book begins with a consideration of the practical and political questions surrounding biotechnology. As he seeks how best to explain the place of life in the universe, Dyson then moves from the ethical to the purely scientific. The book concludes with an attempt to understand the implications of biology for philosophy and religion. The pieces in this collection touch on numerous disciplines, from astronomy and ecology to neurology and theology, speaking to the lay reader as well as to the scientist. As always, Dyson’s view of human nature and behavior is balanced, and his predictions of a world to come serve primarily as a means for thinking about the world as it is today.
Author: Freeman J. Dyson Publisher: University of Virginia Press ISBN: 0813931436 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
Freeman Dyson’s latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist’s thoughts on science and technology into a unified theory. The emphasis is, instead, on the myriad ways in which the universe presents itself to us--and how, as observers and participants in its processes, we respond to it. "Life, like a dome of many-colored glass," wrote Percy Bysshe Shelley, "stains the white radiance of eternity." The author seeks here to explore the variety that gives life its beauty. Taken from Dyson’s recent public lectures--delivered to audiences with no specialized knowledge in hard sciences--the book begins with a consideration of the practical and political questions surrounding biotechnology. As he seeks how best to explain the place of life in the universe, Dyson then moves from the ethical to the purely scientific. The book concludes with an attempt to understand the implications of biology for philosophy and religion. The pieces in this collection touch on numerous disciplines, from astronomy and ecology to neurology and theology, speaking to the lay reader as well as to the scientist. As always, Dyson’s view of human nature and behavior is balanced, and his predictions of a world to come serve primarily as a means for thinking about the world as it is today.
Author: Amy Lowell Publisher: Graphic Arts Books ISBN: 151329735X Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 95
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A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass (1912) is a poetry collection by Amy Lowell. Published at the beginning of her career as an influential imagist devoted to classical poetic themes and forms, A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass is an agile and promising work from a pioneering poet of the early twentieth century. Containing lyric poems, sonnets, verses for children, and a masterful long poem, A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass is a vibrant collection from an emerging poet who would come to define the imagist movement throughout her storied career. In poems like “Azure and Gold,” Lowell displays natural imagery intertwined with the play of words, producing such stanzas as “April had covered the hills / With flickering yellows and reds, / The sparkle and coolness of snow / Was blown from the mountain beds.” From the drama inherent to seasonal change, she extracts a revelation from “the song of birds, / Who, swinging unseen under leaves, / Made music more eager than words.” In “The Boston Athenaeum,” a masterful long poem on one of the oldest libraries in the United States, she recalls “Long, peaceful hours seated on the floor / Of some retired nook, all lined with books, / Where reverie and quiet reign supreme!” Personal and public, keenly engaged with tradition while maintaining her own private voice, Lowell’s poems are an essential contribution to one of humanity’s oldest art forms. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition Amy Lowell’s A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass is a classic work of American poetry reimagined for modern readers.
Author: Josef Albers Publisher: Solomon R Guggenheim Museum ISBN: 9780810968646 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 150
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Josef Albers (1888-1976), famous as a master at Germany's Bauhaus until 1933, and then a professor in American schools such as Yale University, influenced many young artists. His Homage to the Square series of paintings remains an important example of 20th-century art. Yet Albers's first great works - the glass pictures that he made in Germany beginning in 1921 - remain little known. Starting with found fragments of colored glass, and later employing a sophisticated sandblasting process, Albers created a new art form.
Author: V. Cooper Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1465346570 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 461
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This book is a mosaic of short stories told from many points of view that weave a larger tale about the fundamental connection between good and evil. The stories account the brotherly comradeship of Michael the Archangel and Lucifer prior to and despite Lucifers demise from the most perfect good to the most perfect evil. Once evil takes residence, the once creative rivalry between the two diverges into their covert use of human beings to harvest the souls of Earth. Since in this complex stealthy war there are multiple sides to every story, each chapter houses accounts from the supernatural point of view and the day-in-the-life point of view of human beings. Anyone that faces the trials and tribulations of todays world understands how quickly good can bleed into evil or evil into good. This is a story about how we as human beings can be manipulated between the two by unseen forces.
Author: Freeman J. Dyson
Author: Freeman J. Dyson
Author: Amy Lowell
Author: Amy Lowell
Author: Amy Lowell
Author: Amy Lowell
Author: Josef Albers
Author: Hazel Marie Weatherman
Author: V. Cooper
Author: United States Tariff Commission
Author: Edward Mowbray Tuttle