The Mind's Sky
Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context
- Paperback
300 pages
- Release Date
1 March 1993
Summary
The bestselling author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way delivers fascinating essays on the human mind, the search for extraterrestrial (and thus nonhuman) intelligence, comet strikes as a source of species extinction, near-death experiences, apocalyptic prophecies, information theory, and the origin of laughter.Praise for The Mind’s Sky”It is a joy to read The Mind’s Sky. What a sense of humility in the face of mystery-the spirit of Ulysses, as Tennyson put it, determined ‘to strive, to seek…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553371338 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0553371339 |
| Author: | Timothy Ferris |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 1993 |
| Weight: | 442g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
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Timothy Ferris
Timothy Ferris’s works include “Seeing in the Dark”, “Th
Timothy Ferris’s works include “Seeing in the Dark”, “Th
Timothy Ferris’s works include “Seeing in the Dark”, “The Mind’s Sky” (both “New York Times” best books of the year)e Mind’s Sky” (both “New York Times” best books of the year)e Mind’s Sky” (both “New York Times” best books of the year), and “The Whole Shebang” (listed by “American Scientist” as, and “The Whole Shebang” (listed by “American Scientist” as, and “The Whole Shebang” (listed by “American Scientist” as one of the one hundred most influential books of the twenti on
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