CLEOPATRA'S NOSE: essays on the unexpected.
Edited by Ruth F. Boorstin. Pp. xii+212(last colophon), index; med. 8vo; qr. brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light brown papered boards; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly creased; Random House, New York, 1994. First trade edition. *Collection of essays on themes of discovery and surprise in history. 'How sometimes discovery only increases our ignorance. What were the specific historical opportunities in the New World? How has the fourth kingdom - the kingdom of machines - contradicted Darwinian expectations, contributed to a confusion of statistics, created the need for the unnecessary, and highlighted the paradoxes of science' [wrapper blurb]. Item #160636
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