A Promise Of Miracles. Celebrating The Scientific Experience.

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penquin Books
Publisher Place: Ringwood
Publisher Year: 1993
Edition: First Edition

Description: 311 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. For The First Time In Human History We Are Forced To Confront Global Events Every Day- The Bombardment Of Be-wildered Minds On A Planetary Scale Is Incessant.

Publishers Description: Collection of topical essays with a scientific theme, interspersed with interviews with major scientists and science publicists. Many of the pieces have previously appeared in journals such as the 'Australian Listener' and '21C'. The title essay, 'A Promise of Miracles', is the text of the 25th Alfred Deakin Lecture. The author is a well-known Australian science broadcaster, who has presented the ABC program, the 'Science Show', since 1975. He has been president of ANZAAS since 1992 and founding commissioner for the Commission for the Future since 1984. His other publications include 'Outpourings' and 'Here Come the Philistines'.

ISBN: 0140231641