Author: Natalie Zemon Davis
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674955202
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Maria Sibylla Merian, a German painter and naturalist, produced an innovative work on tropical insects based on lore she gathered from the Carib, Arawak, and African women of Suriname.
Women on the Margins
Author: Natalie Zemon Davis
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674955202
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Maria Sibylla Merian, a German painter and naturalist, produced an innovative work on tropical insects based on lore she gathered from the Carib, Arawak, and African women of Suriname.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674955202
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Maria Sibylla Merian, a German painter and naturalist, produced an innovative work on tropical insects based on lore she gathered from the Carib, Arawak, and African women of Suriname.
Botanical Pamplets
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
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The Harvard Psychedelic Club
Author: Don Lattin
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061655945
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book is the story of how three brilliant scholars and one ambitious freshman crossed paths in the early sixties at a Harvard-sponsored psychedelic-drug research project, transforming their lives and American culture and launching the mind/body/spirit movement that inspired the explosion of yoga classes, organic produce, and alternative medicine. The four men came together in a time of upheaval and experimentation, and their exploration of an expanded consciousness set the stage for the social, spiritual, sexual, and psychological revolution of the 1960s. Timothy Leary would be the rebellious trickster, the premier proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD, advising a generation to "turn on, tune in, and drop out." Richard Alpert would be the seeker, traveling to India and returning to America as Ram Dass, reborn as a spiritual leader with his "Be Here Now" mantra, inspiring a restless army of spiritual pilgrims. Huston Smith would be the teacher, practicing every world religion, introducing the Dalai Lama to the West, and educating generations of Americans to adopt a more tolerant, inclusive attitude toward other cultures' beliefs. And young Andrew Weil would be the healer, becoming the undisputed leader of alternative medicine, devoting his life to the holistic reformation of the American health care system. It was meant to be a time of joy, of peace, and of love, but behind the scenes lurked backstabbing, jealousy, and outright betrayal. In spite of their personal conflicts, the members of the Harvard Psychedelic Club would forever change the way Americans view religion and practice medicine, and the very way we look at body and soul.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061655945
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book is the story of how three brilliant scholars and one ambitious freshman crossed paths in the early sixties at a Harvard-sponsored psychedelic-drug research project, transforming their lives and American culture and launching the mind/body/spirit movement that inspired the explosion of yoga classes, organic produce, and alternative medicine. The four men came together in a time of upheaval and experimentation, and their exploration of an expanded consciousness set the stage for the social, spiritual, sexual, and psychological revolution of the 1960s. Timothy Leary would be the rebellious trickster, the premier proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD, advising a generation to "turn on, tune in, and drop out." Richard Alpert would be the seeker, traveling to India and returning to America as Ram Dass, reborn as a spiritual leader with his "Be Here Now" mantra, inspiring a restless army of spiritual pilgrims. Huston Smith would be the teacher, practicing every world religion, introducing the Dalai Lama to the West, and educating generations of Americans to adopt a more tolerant, inclusive attitude toward other cultures' beliefs. And young Andrew Weil would be the healer, becoming the undisputed leader of alternative medicine, devoting his life to the holistic reformation of the American health care system. It was meant to be a time of joy, of peace, and of love, but behind the scenes lurked backstabbing, jealousy, and outright betrayal. In spite of their personal conflicts, the members of the Harvard Psychedelic Club would forever change the way Americans view religion and practice medicine, and the very way we look at body and soul.
Harvard Botanical Memoirs
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
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Biographical Memoirs
Author: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Scientists
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
List of papers contained in v. 1-9 is given in National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings ... Index ... 1915-24, 1926.
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Scientists
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
List of papers contained in v. 1-9 is given in National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings ... Index ... 1915-24, 1926.
One River
Author: Wade Davis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439126836
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history. In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the Inca as the Divine Leaf of Immortality. A stunning account of adventure and discovery, betrayal and destruction, One River is a story of two generations of explorers drawn together by the transcendent knowledge of Indian peoples, the visionary realms of the shaman, and the extraordinary plants that sustain all life in a forest that once stood immense and inviolable.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439126836
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history. In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the Inca as the Divine Leaf of Immortality. A stunning account of adventure and discovery, betrayal and destruction, One River is a story of two generations of explorers drawn together by the transcendent knowledge of Indian peoples, the visionary realms of the shaman, and the extraordinary plants that sustain all life in a forest that once stood immense and inviolable.
The Comparative Anatomy and Phylogeny of the Coniferales
Author: Edward Charles Jeffrey
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Category : Conifers
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Category : Conifers
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Memoirs Read Before the Boston Society of Natural History
Author: Boston Society of Natural History
Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club
Author: Torrey Botanical Club
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Each volume comprises one or more monographs, many of which are issued also as separates.
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Each volume comprises one or more monographs, many of which are issued also as separates.