| Editor | Ronald Duncan, Miranda Weston-Smith |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
| Imprint | Wallaby Books |
| Published in/by Arrangement with | Pergamon Press Ltd |
| Contributing Writer | Otto Robert Frisch, Hermann Bondi, Raymond Lyttleton, John Archibald Wheeler, C. M. Patton, Ian Roxburgh, William McCrea, Michael Rowan-Robinson, Douglas Gough, Paul Davies (3), Bruno Bertotti, Thomas Gold, Anthony James Leggett, C. J. S. Clarke, Edward William Bastin, Alan Cottrell, Robert W. Cahn, Denys Wilkinson, Abdus Salam, Roger Penrose, Hans-Joachim Bremermann, Clive W. Kilmister, Heini Halberstam, John Kendrew, Roy John Britten, James C. Lacy, Arthur L. Webb, Kenneth M. Pruitt, Eric Tomlin, John Maynard Smith, Donald Johanson, Vincent Wigglesworth, Horace Barlow, Richard L. Gregory, Henry A. Buchtel, Giovanni Berlucchi, Francis Crick, Henry Micklem, Arthur Mourant, Peter J. Grubb, Anthony Charles Neville, K. A. Bettelheim, Manny Lehman, Michael V. Tracey, Patrick D. Wall, J. H. P. Willis, Wilse B. Webb, Ewan Cameron, Linus Pauling, Preston Cloud, Graham Cairns-Smith, C. J. Davis, Martin Holdgate, James Beament, N. L. Falcon, Roger Wolcott Sperry |
| About/Subject | Cosmology, Earth*, Moon, Gravity, Theory of relativity, Quantum mechanics*, Evolution, Homo, Consciousness, Nature (Subject)* |
| Format | Soft cover |
| Language | English |
| Location | United States |
| Copyright | 1977 |
| This Edition Published | 1978-09 |
| Pages / Font | 443 pages |
| ISBN | 0-671-79050-1 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 77-30376 |
| Catalog Number | 79050 |
| Printer's Key | 1 2 3 4 0 9 8 |
| Price | $7.95 |
| Chapters | Editorial Preface . . . ix
Acknowledgments . . .xi
Why . . O. R. Frisch . . . 1
The Lure of Completeness . . Sir Hermann Bondi . . . 5
The Nature of Knowledge . . R. A. Lyttleton . . . 9
Is Physics Legislated by Cosmogony? . . J. A. Wheeler and C. M. Patton . . . 19
The Cosmological Mystery . . I. W. Roxburgh . . . 37
Origin of Earth, Moon and Planets . . W. H. McCrea . . . 47
Galaxies, Quasars and the Universe . . M. Rowan-Robinson . . . 57
The Solar Interior . . D. Gough . . . 67
Curved Space . . P. C. W. Davies . . . 77
Is Space Curved? . . I. W. Roxburgh . . . 85
The Riddles of Gravitation . . B. Bertotti . . . 91
Relativity and Time . . T. Gold . . . 99
The "Arrow of Time" and Quantum Mechanics . . A. J. Leggett . . . 101
The Hinterland Between Large and Small . . C. J. S. Clarke . . . 111
A Clashing of Paradigms in Physics . . T. Bastin . . . 119
Emergent Properties of Complex Systems . . Sir Alan Cottrell . . . 129
Transformations . . R. W. Cahn . . . 137
The Unknown Atomic Nucleus . . Sir Denys Wilkinson . . . 143
Probing the Heart of Matter . . A. Salam . . . 155
Is Nature Complex? . . R. Penrose . . . 159
Complexity and Transcomputability . . H. J. Bremermann . . . 167
Mathematics in the Social Sciences . . C. W. Kilmister . . . 175
Some Unsolved Problems in Higher Arithmetic . . H. Halberstam . . . 191
Introduction . . Sir John Kendrew . . . 205
The Sources of Variation in Evolution . . R. J. Britten . . . 209
The Edge of Evolution . . J. C. Lacey, A. L. Weber and K. M. Pruitt . . . 219
Fallacies of Evolutionary Theory . . E. W. F. Tomlin . . . 227
The Limitations of Evolutionary Theory . . J. Maynard Smith . . . 235
Rethinking the Origins of the Genus Homo . . D. C. Johanson . . . 243
The Control of Form in the Living Body . . Sir Vincent Wigglesworth . . . 251
The Languages of the Brain . . H. B. Barlow . . . 259
Consciousness . . R. L. Gregory . . . 273
Learning and Memory and the Nervous System . . H. A. Buchtel and G. Berlucci . . . 283
Developmental Biology . . F. H. C. Crick . . . 299
Immunology . . H. S. Micklem . . . 305
Why are the Blood Groups? . . A. E. Mourant . . . 311
Leaf Structure and Function . . P. J. Grubb . . . 317
Symmetry and Asymmetry Problems in Animals . . A. C. Neville . . . 331
Bacterial Pathogenicity . . K. A. Bettelheim . . . 339
Human Thought and Action as an Ingredient of System Behavior . . M. M. Lehman . . . 347
Human Nutrition . . M. V. Tracey . . . 355
Why Do We Not Understand Pain? . . P. D. Wall . . . 361
Drug Addiction . . J. H. P. Willis . . . 369
Sleep . . W. B. Webb . . . 373
Ascorbic Acid and the Glycosaminoglycans
E. Cameron and L. Pauling . . . 377
The Veils of Gaia . . P. Cloud . . . 387
The Design of Novel Replicating Polymers . . A. G. Cairns-Smith and C. J. Davis . . . 391
Synthetic Life for Industry . . A. G. Cairns-Smith . . . 405
The Ecological Dilemma . . M. Holdgate and J. W. L. Beament . . . 411
Ignorance Below Our Feet . . N. L. Falcon . . . 417
Problems Outstanding in the Evolution of Brain Function . . R. W. Sperry . . . 423
Index . . . 435
Editorial Preface . . . ix
Acknowledgments . . .xi
Why . . O. R. Frisch . . . 1
The Lure of Completeness . . Sir Hermann Bondi . . . 5
The Nature of Knowledge . . R. A. Lyttleton . . . 9
Is Physics Legislated by Cosmogony? . . J. A. Wheeler and C. M. Patton . . . 19
The Cosmological Mystery . . I. W. Roxburgh . . . 37
Origin of Earth, Moon and Planets . . W. H. McCrea . . . 47
Galaxies, Quasars and the Universe . . M. Rowan-Robinson . . . 57
The Solar Interior . . D. Gough . . . 67
Curved Space . . P. C. W. Davies . . . 77
Is Space Curved? . . I. W. Roxburgh . . . 85
The Riddles of Gravitation . . B. Bertotti . . . 91
Relativity and Time . . T. Gold . . . 99
The "Arrow of Time" and Quantum Mechanics . . A. J. Leggett . . . 101
The Hinterland Between Large and Small . . C. J. S. Clarke . . . 111
A Clashing of Paradigms in Physics . . T. Bastin . . . 119
Emergent Properties of Complex Systems . . Sir Alan Cottrell . . . 129
Transformations . . R. W. Cahn . . . 137
The Unknown Atomic Nucleus . . Sir Denys Wilkinson . . . 143
Probing the Heart of Matter . . A. Salam . . . 155
Is Nature Complex? . . R. Penrose . . . 159
Complexity and Transcomputability . . H. J. Bremermann . . . 167
Mathematics in the Social Sciences . . C. W. Kilmister . . . 175
Some Unsolved Problems in Higher Arithmetic . . H. Halberstam . . . 191
Introduction . . Sir John Kendrew . . . 205
The Sources of Variation in Evolution . . R. J. Britten . . . 209
The Edge of Evolution . . J. C. Lacey, A. L. Weber and K. M. Pruitt . . . 219
Fallacies of Evolutionary Theory . . E. W. F. Tomlin . . . 227
The Limitations of Evolutionary Theory . . J. Maynard Smith . . . 235
Rethinking the Origins of the Genus Homo . . D. C. Johanson . . . 243
The Control of Form in the Living Body . . Sir Vincent Wigglesworth . . . 251
The Languages of the Brain . . H. B. Barlow . . . 259
Consciousness . . R. L. Gregory . . . 273
Learning and Memory and the Nervous System . . H. A. Buchtel and G. Berlucci . . . 283
Developmental Biology . . F. H. C. Crick . . . 299
Immunology . . H. S. Micklem . . . 305
Why are the Blood Groups? . . A. E. Mourant . . . 311
Leaf Structure and Function . . P. J. Grubb . . . 317
Symmetry and Asymmetry Problems in Animals . . A. C. Neville . . . 331
Bacterial Pathogenicity . . K. A. Bettelheim . . . 339
Human Thought and Action as an Ingredient of System Behavior . . M. M. Lehman . . . 347
Human Nutrition . . M. V. Tracey . . . 355
Why Do We Not Understand Pain? . . P. D. Wall . . . 361
Drug Addiction . . J. H. P. Willis . . . 369
Sleep . . W. B. Webb . . . 373
Ascorbic Acid and the Glycosaminoglycans
E. Cameron and L. Pauling . . . 377
The Veils of Gaia . . P. Cloud . . . 387
The Design of Novel Replicating Polymers . . A. G. Cairns-Smith and C. J. Davis . . . 391
Synthetic Life for Industry . . A. G. Cairns-Smith . . . 405
The Ecological Dilemma . . M. Holdgate and J. W. L. Beament . . . 411
Ignorance Below Our Feet . . N. L. Falcon . . . 417
Problems Outstanding in the Evolution of Brain Function . . R. W. Sperry . . . 423
Index . . . 435
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