Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April--November 1985
Infinite in All Directions is a popularized science at its best. In Dyson's view, science and religion are two windows through which we can look out at the world around us.\ The book is a revised version of a series of the Gifford Lectures under the title "In Praise of Diversity" given at Aberdeen, Scotland. They allowed Dyson the license to express everything in the universe, which he divided into two parts in polished prose: focusing on the diversity of the natural world as the first, and...
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For the 1988 published version (Harper and Row), physicist Dyson changed the title from In Praise of Diversity to emphasize his core message of the unbounded prodigality of life and the consequent unboundedness of human destiny. His new introduction seems to be for Perennial's 1989 edition. About half of the 17 lectures are about the diversity of the natural world, and the others about the diversity of the human reactions to it. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
PrefacexiIntroduction to the Perennial EditionxiiiPart 1Life in the Universe1In Praise of Diversity32Butterflies and Superstrings143Manchester and Athens354How Did Life Begin?545Why Is Life So Complicated?746How Will It All End?97Part 2People and Machines7Roots1238Quick Is Beautiful1359Science and Space15810Engineers' Dreams18011The Balance of Power20112Star Wars21313The Example of Austria23014Camels and Swords24315Nuclear Winter258
