This book combines detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve.

When first published in 1959, this book revolutionized contemporary thinking about science and knowledge. It remains one of the most widely read books about science to come out of the 20th century.

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A leading evolutionary thinker, biologist, and medical researcher asks the question: "Could life elsewhere be substantially different from life on Earth?"--and builds a step-by-step argument for human inevitability. 65 illustrations and ...

'This is a timely book, with penetrating discussion of issues very much in the forefront of the contemporary philosophy.

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