Cleopatra's nose : essays on the unexpected
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Published
New York : Random House, ©1994., New York : Random House, [1994].
Edition
First trade edition.
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Published
New York : Random House, ©1994., New York : Random House, [1994].
Format
Book
Edition
First trade edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 210 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
This provocative new collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize winner deals with the challenging themes of discovery and surprise in history. Cleopatra's Nose is not a miscellany but rather a selection of recent essays illustrating specific subjects that have preoccupied Boorstin for several decades. Tantalizing themes all: How sometimes discovery only increases our ignorance. What were the specific historical opportunities in the New World? How has the fourth kingdom - the kingdom of machines - contradicted Darwinian expectations, contributed to a confusion of statistics, created the need for the unnecessary, and highlighted the paradoxes of science and the politics of common sense? In a "personal postscript," Boorstin gives us a memorable and affectionate portrait of his father and optimistically celebrates the United States as the Land of the Unexpected
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Boorstin, D. J. 1., & Boorstin, R. F. (1994). Cleopatra's nose: essays on the unexpected (First trade edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Boorstin, Daniel J. 1914-2004 and Ruth Frankel. Boorstin. 1994. Cleopatra's Nose: Essays On the Unexpected. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Boorstin, Daniel J. 1914-2004 and Ruth Frankel. Boorstin. Cleopatra's Nose: Essays On the Unexpected Random House, 1994.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Boorstin, Daniel J. 1914-2004., and Ruth Frankel Boorstin. Cleopatra's Nose: Essays On the Unexpected First trade edition., Random House, 1994.
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