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Peter Pesic

Peter Pesic is a Tutor and Musician-in-Residence at St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University.

Sky in a BottleSky in a Bottle
Peter Pesic
Paper / April 2007
The age-old question "Why is the sky blue?" begins a quest through science, history, and art, from Aristotle and Newton through Goethe and Einstein.
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Sky in a BottleSky in a Bottle
Peter Pesic
Cloth / December 2005
The age-old question "Why is the sky blue?" begins a quest through science, history, and art, from Aristotle and Newton through Goethe and Einstein.
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Abel's ProofAbel's Proof
An Essay on the Sources and Meaning of Mathematical Unsolvability
Peter Pesic
Paper / April 2004
The intellectual and human story of a mathematical proof that transformed our ideas about mathematics.
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Seeing DoubleSeeing Double
Shared Identities in Physics, Philosophy, and Literature
Peter Pesic
Paper / October 2003
An exploration of the relationship between quantum theory and concepts of individuality and identity from ancient Greece to the present.
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Abel's ProofAbel's Proof
An Essay on the Sources and Meaning of Mathematical Unsolvability
Peter Pesic
Cloth / May 2003
The intellectual and human story of a mathematical proof that transformed our ideas about mathematics.
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Seeing DoubleSeeing Double
Shared Identities in Physics, Philosophy, and Literature
Peter Pesic
Cloth / February 2002
An exploration of the relationship between quantum theory and concepts of individuality and identity from ancient Greece to the present.
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LabyrinthLabyrinth
A Search for the Hidden Meaning of Science
Peter Pesic
Paper / October 2001
Reading scientific works as works of literature to uncover the roots of science.
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LabyrinthLabyrinth
A Search for the Hidden Meaning of Science
Peter Pesic
Cloth / May 2000
The scientific quest seen as a search for nature's secrets.
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