Davis Philip Edited (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Spine not creased. 215 x 135 mm. xviii, 244 pp. A collection of essays by poets, novelists and critics on what serious reading really means to them. Book.

Little, Brown and Company, 1997. First American Edition. 30,5 x 25,5 cm. Hardcover (clothbound) with dustjacket. With illustrations in color and b/w. 207 pages. Text in English NEAR FINE COPY [Art / international artist ].

Softcover. Condition: Very good condition. xlv, 288 pp. Softcover. LCC: 8550770.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 440 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. Large quarto, 207pp., illustrated. A fine, crisp copy in like dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: The Nature of the Impossible. CONTENTS: Introduction; MOUNTAINEERING 1. Everest and the Impossible - Scott Lankford BIOLOGY 2. Are There Biological Impossibilities? - Michael J. Katz 3. On Impossibility in Biology - Michael Yarmolinsky MEDICINE 4. Impossibility in Medicine - James S. Goodwin and Jean M. Goodwin 5. The Impossible in Medicine - Jeremiah A. Barondess 6. Impossibilities in Chemistry: Their Rise, Nature, and Some Great Falls - Walter J. Gensler COMPUTER SCIENCE 7. Limits and Inadequacies in Artificial Intelligence - Ernest Davis TECHNOLOGY 8. The Impossible in Technology: When the Expert Says no - M. D. Sturge PHYSICS 9. When Nature Says no - David Park MATHEMATICS 10. When Mathematics Says No - Philip J. Davis; Intermission; LAW 11. Promises and Impossibility - Thomas E. Foster POLITICS 12. Impossibility in Government and Foreign Policy - Adam Yarmolinsky ECONOMICS 13. An Impossible Economist - Juergen G. Backhaus PSYCHOLOGY 14. Paradoxes of Parenthood: On the Impossibility of Raising Children Perfectly - Sophie Freud EDUCATION 15. Is Education a Science? No Way! - Richard P. Iano POETRY 16. Poetry and the Impossible - Kinereth Gensler MUSIC 17. Largo Prestissimo Assai: The Outer Edges of Music - Everett Hafner PHILOSOPHY 18. What Can Be Known? - T. E. Burke; Taking Leave; About the Authors; Index. SYNOPSIS: What do we really mean when we say something is impossible? How does the prospect of impossibility shape our outlook and direct our struggles? In this unique, mind-opening book, twenty writers--from the poet to the mountain climber, the biologist to the chemist, the musician to the philosopher, the lawyer to the economist--probe the idea of the impossible. Each contributor explores the challenges, goals, limits, and illusions of the frontiers of human endeavor. The essays carry us into original, thought-provoking territory, where we discover that the notion of impossibility is surprisingly important to our visions and our very sense of self. Philip J. Davis is co-author, with Reuben Hersh, of Descartes' Dream and of The Mathematical Experience, which won an American Book Award. He teaches mathematics at Brown University. David Park, winner of a Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award for The Image of Eternity, teaches physics at Williams College. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. First American Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good+ bound in blue cloth covered boards; with a Very Good dust jacket. Slight toning and edge wear to jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 4to. 12"h x 10"w. First North American Edition is stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco by "Thomas", believed to be one of the book's contributors Thomas E. Foster. A collection of essays on the philosophy of impossibilities.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. 712pp. Tan cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Magazine. Cover by Paolo Lionni. [36]pp. Single sheets printed both sides and secured with two staples. The paper makes this issue particularly susceptible to toning. Very good with lower staple pull, typical toning, tiny nicks and tears, and a few small stains, without mailing address or stamps. An influential mimeograph created by di Prima and LeRoi Jones featuring some of the most important poets of the 20th Century. Unlike other magazines, this so-called "newsletter" was distributed via a mailing list, many of which were noted poets, journalists, critics, publishers and artists. For this reason, most copies were hand addressed or affixed with a mailing label and stamp, and folded for mailing. This issue guest edited by John Wieners and features contributions from di Prima, Jack Spicer, B. O'Driscoll, Sanders Russell, Philip Lamantia, John Reed, Kirby Doyle, David Rattray, Edward Freeman, David Posner, Allen De Loach, Bob Hartman, Robert Grenier, Charles Doria, Stephen Jonas, Alan Marlowe, Irving Rosenthal, Lewis Lipschitz, Howard Schulman, Elizabeth Sutherland, Joan Gilbert, Jeanne Phillips, Jan Balas, Shreela Ray, Shiela Plant, Madeline Davis, and Janine Pommey.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Magazine. Cover by Paolo Lionni. (36)pp. Single sheets printed both sides and secured with two staples. The paper make this issue particularly susceptible to toning. Very good with lower staple pull, typical toning and stamps, writing and address label (of Frontier Press publisher Harvey Brown) on rear wrap. An influential mimeograph created by di Prima and LeRoi Jones featuring some of the most important poets of the 20th Century. Unlike other magazines, this so-called "newsletter" was distributed via a mailing list, many of which were noted poets, journalists, critics, publishers and artists. For this reason, most copies were hand addressed or affixed with a mailing label and stamp, and folded for mailing. This issue guest edited by John Wieners and features contributions from di Prima, Jack Spicer, B. O'Driscoll, Sanders Russell, Philip Lamantia, John Reed, Kirby Doyle, David Rattray, Edward Freeman, David Posner, Allen De Loach, Bob Hartman, Robert Grenier, Charles Doria, Stephen Jonas, Alan Marlowe, Irving Rosenthal, Lewis Lipschitz, Howard Schulman, Elizabeth Sutherland, Joan Gilbert, Jeanne Phillips, Jan Balas, Shreela Ray, Shiela Plant, Madeline Davis, and Janine Pommey.