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A new map of wonders : a journey in search of modern marvels / Caspar Henderson.
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9781783781331 (hardback)
1783781335 (hardback)
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Henderson, Caspar
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A new map of wonders : a journey in search of modern marvels / Caspar Henderson.
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London : Granta, 2017.
©2017
Description
371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-355) and index.
Summary
A New Map of Wonders charts a course through the realm of the fascinating and awe-inspiring. With the curiosity and enthusiasm of a great explorer, the award-winning Caspar Henderson celebrates and explains the wonder of light and the origins of the universe, the myriad marvels of the human body and the natural world -- and reveals the wonders to come: the technologies that will transform human experience and change what we will find wonderful. Drawing on philosophy and natural history, art and religion, neuroscience and nanotechnology, A New Map of Wonders is a celebration of life -- a rich and inspiring guide, encouraging us to see the world anew.
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Curiosities and wonders
Marvelous, The
Technological innovations
Philosophy of nature
Wonder
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Curiosities and wonders
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Marvelous, The
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Philosophy of nature
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Technological innovations
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Wonder
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See Also:
Disasters
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Monsters
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Seven wonders of the world
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World records
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Cosmology
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Natural theology
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Nature (Aesthetics)
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Agricultural innovations
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Diffusion of innovations
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Inventions
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Medical innovations
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