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Cleopatra's nose

essays on the unexpected

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"Cleopatra's nose" is published by Random House in 1994 - New York, it has 210 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: Cleopatra's nose
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 210
  • Publisher: Random House
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  • Publish Location: New York

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Edition Specifications:

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.90 inches
  • Pagination: xii, 210 p.

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"Cleopatra's nose" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Realms of discovery
  • 2- The age of negative discovery
  • 3- The cultures of pride and awe
  • 4- An odd couple: discoverers and inventors
  • 5- Trials of conscience
  • 6- The writer as conscience of the world
  • 7- Our conscience-wracked nation
  • 8- New-world opportunities
  • 9- Printing and the Constitution
  • 10- Roles of the president's house
  • 11- The making of a capitol
  • 12- An un-American capital
  • 13- The cautionary science
  • 14- Tocqueville's America
  • 15- Custine's Russia
  • 16- The fourth kingdom
  • 17- Darwinian expectations
  • 18- Statistical expectations
  • 19- Artificial selection
  • 20- The great separation
  • 21- A personal postscript
  • 22- My father, lawyer Sam Boorstin
  • 23- Land of the unexpected

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