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Order & Surprise
by Gardner, Martin
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0192860518
- ISBN 13
- 9780192860514
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1984. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good. preface by author and index. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photograph. Plain text card cover with brown and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured title to the backstrip. "Martin Gardner's new book is much more than a sequel to Science: Good, Bad and Bogus. This collection ranges over the entire spectrum of his interests: literature, philosophy, science, mathematics, politics, religion." -- from the panel blurb. Creasing, multiple, to the book corners with rubbing of the edges and either side of the backstrip. Light a droning of the text block edges. Pages 31 through to 36 have become dog eared, top right hand corner. Size: Trade Paperback. [6], 7-396 pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Metaphysics; Journalism; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0192860518. ISBN/EAN: 9780192860514. Inventory No: 0118753. . 9780192860514
Synopsis
Martin Gardner, the creator of Scientific American’s "Mathematical Games" column, which he wrote for more than twenty-five years, is the author of almost one hundred books, including The Annotated Ancient Mariner, Martin Gardner’s Favorite Poetic Parodies, From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley Jr., and Science: Good, Bad and Bogus. For many years he was also a contributing editor to the Skeptical Inquirer.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0118753
- Title
- Order & Surprise
- Author
- Gardner, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0192860518
- ISBN 13
- 9780192860514
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Scepticism, Articles, Book Reviews, Parapsychology, essays, literature, science, Occultism Science & Technology; Metaphysics; Journalism; Essays & Literary Criticism. Unbranded ISBN: 0192860518 EAN: 9780192860514 Gardner, Martin Order &
- Bookseller catalogs
- Metaphysics; Journalism;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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