The Unexpected Universe
Title | The Unexpected Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Loren Eiseley |
Publisher | Library of America |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2016-11-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1598535455 |
“No one has ever managed to make the pursuit of knowledge feel more soulful or more immediate than Loren Eiseley . . . ” —Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast At the height of a distinguished career as a paleontologist, Loren Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay. Here, in The Unexpected Universe, he displays his far-reaching knowledge and searching curiosity about the natural world, and the qualities that led many to hail him as a “modern Thoreau.” Fascinating accounts of the journeys of Odysseus, Captain Cook, and Charles Darwin frame Eiseley’s more modest wanderings as a suburban naturalist, attentive to the lives of small creatures. Sometimes he travels no further than the local dump. And yet, like Homer’s hero or these great explorers, he continually finds a universe “not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
The Unexpected Universe
Title | The Unexpected Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Loren C. Eiseley |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780156928502 |
A naturalist deals informally with the way in which totally unexpected twists in the evolutionary process bring renewal of hope in the life of our planet.
The Unexpected Universe
Title | The Unexpected Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Loren C. Eiseley |
Publisher | Mariner Books |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780156928502 |
A naturalist explores the mystical symbolism of nature as he reflects upon man's evolution and scientific endeavor
The Unexpected Universe
Title | The Unexpected Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Loren Eiseley |
Publisher | Harvest Books |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1972-10-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780544313149 |
Dr. Eiseley's Universe
Title | Dr. Eiseley's Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Wilson Ross |
Publisher | |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 1970 |
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Loren Eiseley's Exploration of The Unexpected Universe
Title | Loren Eiseley's Exploration of The Unexpected Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Lee Walton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | |
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Unexpected Universe
Title | Unexpected Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Loren Eiseley |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | |
Release | 1972-10-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781417617432 |
A naturalist explores the mystical symbolism of nature as he reflects upon man's evolution and scientific endeavor