Coveney, Peter (Vivian)
COVENEY, Peter (Vivian)
COVENEY, Peter (Vivian). British, b. 1958. Genres: Sciences. Career: Oxford University, Oxford, England, junior research fellow, 1984-87; University of Wales, Bangor, lecturer, 1987-90; Schlumberger Cambridge Research Laboratory, Cambridge, England, program leader, 1990-. Publications: (With Roger Highfield) The Arrow of Time: A Voyage through Science to Solve Time's Greatest Mystery, 1990; Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic World, 1995. Address: Schlumberger Cambridge Research, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EL, England.
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