The Identity of Man por Bronowski, Jacob - 1971-06-01

The Identity of Man by Jacob Bronowski
Publisher: Doubleday, 1971
ISBN is 9780385001717 / 0385001711
Paperback
4.05 x 7.05 inches, 143 pages

Science has called into question many traditional assumptions about human nature. In the age of the human genome project, this truism is even more obvious than it was in 1965, when scientist and historian of ideas Jacob Bronowski first delivered the lectures upon which this book is based. Has science revealed that we are essentially just complex machines? Or is human identity more than the sum of its parts?

With his gift for conveying the excitement of ideas, Bronowski discusses the impact of science on our sense of self and the need to re-evaluate ethics in light of the scientific perspective. As both a practicing scientist and an author of books on poetry, he makes interesting connections between the uses of the imagination in science and in literature. Whereas science creates experiments to test hypotheses about the outside world, literature provides… Ler mais

The Identity of Man by Jacob Bronowski

Publisher: Doubleday, 1971
ISBN is 9780385001717 / 0385001711
Paperback
4.05 x 7.05 inches, 143 pages

Science has called into question many traditional assumptions about human nature. In the age of the human genome project, this truism is even more obvious than it was in 1965, when scientist and historian of ideas Jacob Bronowski first delivered the lectures upon which this book is based. Has science revealed that we are essentially just complex machines? Or is human identity more than the sum of its parts?

With his gift for conveying the excitement of ideas, Bronowski discusses the impact of science on our sense of self and the need to re-evaluate ethics in light of the scientific perspective. As both a practicing scientist and an author of books on poetry, he makes interesting connections between the uses of the imagination in science and in literature. Whereas science creates experiments to test hypotheses about the outside world, literature provides… Ler mais

Doubleday, 1971-01-01. paperback. Acceptable. 6x3x0.

Natural History Press, 1971. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Natural History Press, 1971. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Doubleday, 1971-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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