"Helmreich's analysis--extensive, imaginative, rigorous, and insightful--promises to establish him as "the" cultural authority on A-Life. . . . He shows that, in the age of complexity, science simultaneously disenchants and re-enchants the world. . . . The book is written in a personal and engaging style . . . so full of ideas and interesting asides [that] Helmreich takes on the persona of a smart and well-informed tour guide of the A-Life world [with] an enviable ability to take very complex ideas and discuss them ...
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"Helmreich's analysis--extensive, imaginative, rigorous, and insightful--promises to establish him as "the" cultural authority on A-Life. . . . He shows that, in the age of complexity, science simultaneously disenchants and re-enchants the world. . . . The book is written in a personal and engaging style . . . so full of ideas and interesting asides [that] Helmreich takes on the persona of a smart and well-informed tour guide of the A-Life world [with] an enviable ability to take very complex ideas and discuss them comprehensibly without simplifying them."--Hugh Gusterson, author of "Nuclear Rites"
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Illustrated by B & W Illustrations. Very Good+ 0520207998. Jacket is scratched along spine and is dampstained on the rear panel. Neither are very noticeable.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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