Biocentrism：How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe

图书标准信息

• 作者 Robert Lanza 著
• 出版社 Benbella Books
• 出版时间 2010-05
• ISBN 9781935251743
• 定价 127.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 213页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

RobertLanzaisoneofthemostrespectedscientistsintheworldaUSNews&WorldReportcoverstorycalledhima"genius"anda"renegadethinker,"evenlikeninghimtoEinstein.LanzahasteamedwithBobBerman,themostwidelyreadastronomerintheworld,toproduceBiocentrism,arevolutionarynewviewoftheuniverse.Everynowandthenasimpleyetradicalideashakestheveryfoundationsofknowledge.Thestartlingdiscoverythattheworldwasnotflatchallengedandultimatelychangedthewaypeopleperceivedthemselvesandtheirrelationshipwiththeworld.Formosthumansofthe15thcentury,thenotionofEarthasballofrockwasnonsense.ThewholeofWestern,naturalphilosophyisundergoingaseachangeagain,increasinglybeingforceduponusbytheexperimentalfindingsofquantumtheory,andatthesametime,towardsdoubtanduncertaintyinthephysicalexplanationsoftheuniverse'sgenesisandstructure.Biocentrismcompletesthisshiftinworldview,turningtheplanetupsidedownagainwiththerevolutionaryviewthatlifecreatestheuniverseinsteadoftheotherwayaround.Inthisparadigm,lifeisnotanaccidentalbyproductofthelawsofphysics.Biocentrismtakesthereaderonaseeminglyimprobablebutultimatelyinescapablejourneythroughaforeignuniverseourownfromtheviewpointsofanacclaimedbiologistandaleadingastronomer.SwitchingperspectivefromphysicstobiologyunlocksthecagesinwhichWesternsciencehasunwittinglymanagedtoconfineitself.Biocentrismwillshatterthereader'sideasoflifetimeandspace,andevendeath.Atthesametimeitwillreleaseusfromthedullworldviewoflifebeingmerelytheactivityofanadmixtureofcarbonandafewotherelements;itsuggeststheexhilaratingpossibilitythatlifeisfundamentallyimmortal.The21stcenturyispredictedtobetheCenturyofBiology,ashiftfromthepreviouscenturydominatedbyphysics.Itseemsfitting,then,tobeginthecenturybyturningtheuniverseoutsideinandunifyingthefoundationsofsciencewithasimpleideadiscoveredbyoneoftheleadinglifescientistsofourage.Biocentrismawakensinreadersanewsenseofpossibility,andisfullofsomanyshockingnewperspectivesthatthereaderwillneverseerealitythesamewayagain.