Cleopatra's nose
Subtitle: essays on the unexpected
By: Daniel J. Boorstin ; edited by Ruth F. Boorstin.
Contributors: Boorstin, Ruth Frankel.; Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 1st trade ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 210
Copyright date: 1994
Subjects: Civilization, Modern -- History; Science -- History; Science and civilization
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Realms of discovery
label: I.; label: 1
pagenum: 3
title: The age of negative discovery; label: 2
pagenum: 18
title: The cultures of pride and awe; label: 3
pagenum: 31
title: An odd couple: discoverers and inventors; title: Trials of conscience
label: II.; label: 4
pagenum: 41
title: The writer as conscience of the world; label: 5
pagenum: 53
title: Our conscience-wracked nation; title: New-world opportunities
label: III.; label: 6
pagenum: 63
title: Printing and the Constitution; label: 7
pagenum: 74
title: Roles of the president's house; label: 8
pagenum: 86
title: The making of a capitol; label: 9
pagenum: 97
title: An un-American capital; title: The cautionary science
label: IV.; label: 10
pagenum: 107
title: Tocqueville's America; label: 11
pagenum: 113
title: Custine's Russia; title: The fourth kingdom
label: V.; label: 12
pagenum: 125
title: Darwinian expectations; label: 13
pagenum: 141
title: Statistical expectations; label: 14
pagenum: 158
title: Artificial selection; label: 15
pagenum: 170
title: The great separation; title: A personal postscript
label: VI.; label: 16
pagenum: 181
title: My father, lawyer Sam Boorstin; label: 17
pagenum: 191
title: Land of the unexpected