New Horizons of Human Knowledge : A Series of Public Talks Given at UNESCO

LANGUAGE. English. | DESCRIPTION. Wraps, 8vo, 6" x 9?", 98 pages, figures. Ex university library, with call-number label on front cover, stamps on edges and half-title, stick [more]

LANGUAGE. English. | DESCRIPTION. Wraps, 8vo, 6" x 9?", 98 pages, figures. Ex university library, with call-number label on front cover, stamps on edges and half-title, sticker inside back cover. No pocket nor due-date slip. | CONDITION. Clean, square, hinge creases, no spine creasing, light edgewear. No gutter cracks, virtually no tanning, no evident markings of text. | SHIPPING. Same-day shipping, with Delivery Confirmation, of domestic orders received by noon Pacific Time. | CONTENTS. 1) Charles Moraz?: Scientific horizons of yesterday and tomorrow. 2) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: Black holes: the why and the wherefore. 3) Victor F. Weisskopf: New insights into the basic structure of matter. 4) Jozef Schell: Genetic engineering in plants: perspectives and limitations. 5) Sir Hans Krebs: Biological and medical aspects of juvenile delinquency. 6) Ren? Thom: Interdisciplinarity: what it could be, what it could offer.[less]