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PublisherLibrary of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-101598535056
ISBN-139781598535051
eBay Product ID (ePID)220106963
Product Key Features
Book TitleLoren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos : A Library of America Boxed Set
Number of Pages1066 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicLife Sciences / Evolution, Cosmology, Space Science, Paleontology, Essays
GenreScience
AuthorLoren Eiseley
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.4 in
Item Weight40.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-935164
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 Edition23
Number of Volumes2 vols.
Dewey Decimal500
SynopsisA 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 NumberPS3555.I78A6 2016
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- Oct 28, 2019
Immense journey
Superb writing Loren eisley was a professor of mine at univ of Penn Superb lecturer and superb writerVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
