The Grand Contraption: The World as Myth, Number, and Chance - David Park - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691130538 - April 23, 2007
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The Grand Contraption: The World as Myth, Number, and Chance

David Park

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The Grand Contraption: The World as Myth, Number, and Chance

Tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. This book is about the 'grand contraption' we've constructed through the ages in an effort to understand and identify with the universe.

348 pages, 8 halftones. 41 line illus. 2 tables.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 23, 2007
ISBN13 9780691130538
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 352
Dimensions 232 × 156 × 28 mm   ·   552 g
Language English  
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