Fire in the mind: science, faith, and the search for order / George Johnson.

By:

Johnson, George, (1952-....)

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TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1995.Description: 379 p. : ill., couv. ill. en coul. ; 24 cmISBN:

0679411925

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DDC classification:

215 20

LOC classification:

BL 240.2 J67f 1995

Contents:

Introduction: Kivas, Moradas, and the Secrets of the Nuclear Age -- FOUR MAGIC MOUNTAINS -- Phaedrus's Ghosts -- The Depth of the Atom -- The Height of the Sky. Tesuque Interlude: The Riddle of the Camel -- "THE COLD, GRAY CAVE OF ABSTRACTION" -- The Demonology of Information -- The Undetermined World -- The Democracy of Measurement. San Ildefonso Interlude: The Mystery of Other Minds -- "A FEVER OF MATTER" -- The Dawn of Recognition -- The Arrival of the Fittest -- In Search of Complexity -- In the Eye of the Beholder. Truchas Interlude: The Leap into the Unknown -- Conclusion: The Ruins of Los Alamos.

Summary: Explores the human desire for order in a world which creates much disorder by looking at the diverse society of northern New Mexico with its scientific community in Los Alamos and the Indian descendants in the small communities in the local mountains--each searching for order and structure.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	BL 240.2 J67f 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	3	Available	00000069362

Bibliogr. p. 353-363. Index.

Introduction: Kivas, Moradas, and the Secrets of the Nuclear Age -- FOUR MAGIC MOUNTAINS -- Phaedrus's Ghosts --
The Depth of the Atom -- The Height of the Sky. Tesuque Interlude: The Riddle of the Camel -- "THE COLD, GRAY CAVE OF ABSTRACTION" -- The Demonology of Information --
The Undetermined World -- The Democracy of Measurement. San Ildefonso Interlude: The Mystery of Other Minds -- "A FEVER OF MATTER" -- The Dawn of Recognition --
The Arrival of the Fittest -- In Search of Complexity -- In the Eye of the Beholder. Truchas Interlude: The Leap into the Unknown -- Conclusion: The Ruins of Los Alamos.

Explores the human desire for order in a world which creates much disorder by looking at the diverse society of northern New Mexico with its scientific community in Los Alamos and the Indian descendants in the small communities in the local mountains--each searching for order and structure.

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