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Autore |
Bronowski Jacob <1908-1974.> |
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Titolo |
The origins of knowledge and imagination / / Jacob Bronowski |
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New Haven ; ; London, : Yale University Press, 1978 |
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1-283-95025-1 |
0-300-15718-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 pages) |
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Collana |
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Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures (Yale University) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Knowledge, Theory of |
Imagination |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; 1. The Mind as an Instrument for Understanding; 2. The Evolution and Power of Symbolic Language; 3. Knowledge as Algorithm and as Metaphor; 4. The Laws of Nature and the Nature of Laws; 5. Error, Progress, and the Concept of Time; 6. Law and Individual Responsibility; Index |
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