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by Peter Tompkins (Author), Christopher Bird (Author) "The dust-grimed window of the office building facing New York's Times Square reflected, as through a looking glass, an extraordinary corner of Wonderland..." (more)
Key Phrases: eloptic energy, treated vermiculite, biological transmutations, United States, New York, World War (more...)
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Henry Mitchell,Washington Post Book World
"This fascinating book roams...over that marvelous no man's land of mystical glimmerings into the nature of science and life itself."

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"Plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore."

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (March 8, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060915870
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060915872
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars 59 customer reviews (59 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,713 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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First Sentence:
The dust-grimed window of the office building facing New York's Times Square reflected, as through a looking glass, an extraordinary corner of Wonderland. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eloptic energy, treated vermiculite, biological transmutations, primary perception, second colony
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, World War, Royal Society, Department of Agriculture, Rudolf Steiner, New Jersey, Soviet Union, Lady Eve, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nobel Prize, Santa Rosa, Sir Albert Howard, Soil Association, Wilhelm Reich, Alma Ata, Dorothy Retallack, French Academy, General Gross, George Lawrence, Great Britain, Lord Rayleigh, Louis Kervran, Luther Burbank
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