Unexpected Universe, The

Drawing from his long experience as a naturalist, the author responds to the unexpected and symbolic aspects of a wide spectrum of phenomena throughout the universe. Scrupulous scholarship and magical prose are brought to bear on such diverse topics as seeds, the hieroglyphs on shells, lost tombs, the goddess Circe, city dumps, and Neanderthal man.

Product details

• Authors: Loren Eiseley, Loren C. Eiseley
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.1972
• EAN: 9780156928502
• ISBN: 978-0-15-692850-2
• No. of pages: 252
• Weight: 277 g
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Civilization, HISTORY: Ancient / General, SCIENCE: Reference, SCIENCE: Space Science / Astronomy, SCIENCE: Space Science / Cosmology, NATURE: Reference, SCIENCE: Natural History, SCIENCE: Physics / Astrophysics, PSYCHOLOGY: Evolutionary Psychology *, SCIENCE: Physics / Relativity