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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
by Thomas, Lewis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670703907
- ISBN 13
- 9780670703906
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 168 pages. Apart from an ownership signature on the half title page, the book is clean, unmarked and solid. "Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913 - December 3, 1993) was an American physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher....The Lewis Thomas Prize is awarded annually by The Rockefeller University to a scientist for artistic achievement." (Wikipedia) Contents: The unforgettable fire; The corner of the eye; Making science work Alchemy; Clever animals; On smell; My magical metronome; On speaking of speaking; Seven wonders;The artificial heart; Things unflattened by science; Basic science and the Pentagon; Science and "science"; On the need for asylums; Altruism; Falsity and failure; On medicine and the bomb; The problem of dementia; The lie detector; Some scientific advice; The attic of the brain; Humanities and science;On matters of doubt; nLate night thoughts on listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020690
- Title
- Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
- Author
- Thomas, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670703907
- ISBN 13
- 9780670703906
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Science Philosophy Lewis Thomas
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Good Reading Second Hand Books
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Benalla, Victoria
About Good Reading Second Hand Books
Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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