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Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos: A Library
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Publisher
Library of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1598535056
ISBN-13
9781598535051
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220106963
Product Key Features
Book Title
Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos : A Library of America Boxed Set
Number of Pages
1066 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Life Sciences / Evolution, Cosmology, Space Science, Paleontology, Essays
Genre
Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.4 in
Item Weight
40.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
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LCCN
2016-935164
Reviews
"Loren Eiseley's work changed my life." --Ray Bradbury "As captivating as today's best-known science writers might be, no one has ever managed to make the pursuit of knowledge feel more soulful or more immediate than Loren Eiseley did in the essays and books he published in the 1950s, '60s and '70s." --Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
2 vols.
Dewey Decimal
500
Synopsis
A modern Thoreau explores the mysteries of the universe in this deluxe collector's boxed set. To read Loren Eiseley (1907-1977) is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. At the height of a distinguished career as a "bone-hunter" and paleontologist, Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay in six remarkable books that are masterpieces of prose style. Weaving together anecdote, philosophical reflection, and keen observation with the soul and skill of a poet, Eiseley offers a brilliant, companionable introduction to the sciences, paving the way for writers like Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Now for the first time, the Library of America presents his landmark essay collections in a definitive two-volume set. Beginning with the surprise million-copy seller The Immense Journey (1957), Eiseley produced an astonishing succession of books that won acclaim both as science and as art. Here, for the first time in a single collector's edition, are all of Eiseley's beloved, thought-provoking, sometimes darkly lyrical essay collections, from The Immense Journey to the posthumous The Star Thrower (1978). Eiseley's subjects are wide-ranging, curious, and meticulously realized: the role of flowering plants in evolution; a disturbing insect, seen in childhood; the questions raised by a new fossil; a forgotten episode in the history of science. Beginning with close observation and vivid detail, Eiseley is fearless and imaginative in pursuit of the cosmological dimensions of the phenomena he describes. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
LC Classification Number
PS3555.I78A6 2016
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