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Title: No Way: The Nature of the Impossible
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0716718138
ISBN 13: 9780716718130
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Like New
Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
Weight: 25 ounces

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Essays explore the concept of the impossible in mountaineering, biology, medicine, chemistry, computer science, technology, physics, mathematics, law, politics, economics, education, music, and philosophy

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Impossibility is a concept of which one should be wary. With the discovery of carnivorous mushrooms (one species eats worms) and square bacteria, most biologists would hesitate to deny the possibility that any conceivable species could exist. Turning to mathematics, parallel lines can intersect in some geometrical systems; the seemingly impossible, time and again, is converted into a useful, logical system. This collection of essays opens with a mountain climber's attempt to scale the west ridge of Mt. Everest, "enormous symbol of the death of the impossible." In that adventurous spirit, the contributors explore the idea of impossibility in such fields as music, poetry, technology, government, child-rearing, law, philosophy and medicine. Combining literary elegance with startling insights, these essays lead the reader to exclaim, with Tertullian, "It is certain because it is impossible."
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