Author: Loren C. Eiseley
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1598535056
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A paleontologist with the spirit of a poet."--Publisher.
Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos
Author: Loren C. Eiseley
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1598535056
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A paleontologist with the spirit of a poet."--Publisher.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1598535056
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A paleontologist with the spirit of a poet."--Publisher.
The Immense Journey
Author: Loren Eiseley
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307801934
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Anthropologist and naturalist Loren Eiseley blends scientific knowledge and imaginative vision in this story of man.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307801934
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Anthropologist and naturalist Loren Eiseley blends scientific knowledge and imaginative vision in this story of man.
The Unexpected Universe
Author: Loren C. Eiseley
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156928502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A naturalist deals informally with the way in which totally unexpected twists in the evolutionary process bring renewal of hope in the life of our planet.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156928502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A naturalist deals informally with the way in which totally unexpected twists in the evolutionary process bring renewal of hope in the life of our planet.
The Firmament of Time
Author: Loren C. Eiseley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803267398
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Loren Eiseley examines what we as a species have become in the late twentieth century. His illuminating and accessible discussion is a characteristically skilful and compelling synthesis of hard scientific theory, factual evidence, personal anecdotes, haunting reflection, and poetic prose.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803267398
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Loren Eiseley examines what we as a species have become in the late twentieth century. His illuminating and accessible discussion is a characteristically skilful and compelling synthesis of hard scientific theory, factual evidence, personal anecdotes, haunting reflection, and poetic prose.
The Lost Notebooks of Loren Eiseley
Author: Loren C. Eiseley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803267473
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This indispensable collection is filled with marvelous autobiographical glimpses of Loren Eiseley at different points in his life-as a young, inquisitive man during the Depression, as an astute archaeologist, as a blossoming writer, and lastly, as a world-renowned observer and essayist. Also included are poems, short stories, an array of Eiseley's absorbing observations on the natural world, and his always startling reflections on the nature and future of humankind and the universe.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803267473
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This indispensable collection is filled with marvelous autobiographical glimpses of Loren Eiseley at different points in his life-as a young, inquisitive man during the Depression, as an astute archaeologist, as a blossoming writer, and lastly, as a world-renowned observer and essayist. Also included are poems, short stories, an array of Eiseley's absorbing observations on the natural world, and his always startling reflections on the nature and future of humankind and the universe.
All the Strange Hours
Author: Loren C. Eiseley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803267411
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Loren Eiseley began his lifelong exploration of nature in the salt flats and ponds around his hometown and in the mammoth bone collection hoarded in the old red brick museum at the University of Nebraska, where heøconducted his studies in anthropology. It was in pursuit of this interest, and in the expression of his natural curiosity and wonder, that Eiseley sprang to national fame with the publication of such works as The Immense Journey and The Firmament of Time. In All the Strange Hours, Eiseley turns his considerable powers of reflection and discovery on his own life to weave a compelling story, related with the modesty, grace, and keen eye for a telling anecdote that distinguish his work. His story begins with his childhood experiences as a sickly afterthought, weighed down by the loveless union of his parents. From there he traces the odyssey that led to his search for early postglacial man?and into inspiriting philosophical territory?culminating in his uneasy achievement of world renown. Eiseley crafts an absorbing self-portrait of a man who has thought deeply about his place in society as well as humanity?s place in the natural world.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803267411
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Loren Eiseley began his lifelong exploration of nature in the salt flats and ponds around his hometown and in the mammoth bone collection hoarded in the old red brick museum at the University of Nebraska, where heøconducted his studies in anthropology. It was in pursuit of this interest, and in the expression of his natural curiosity and wonder, that Eiseley sprang to national fame with the publication of such works as The Immense Journey and The Firmament of Time. In All the Strange Hours, Eiseley turns his considerable powers of reflection and discovery on his own life to weave a compelling story, related with the modesty, grace, and keen eye for a telling anecdote that distinguish his work. His story begins with his childhood experiences as a sickly afterthought, weighed down by the loveless union of his parents. From there he traces the odyssey that led to his search for early postglacial man?and into inspiriting philosophical territory?culminating in his uneasy achievement of world renown. Eiseley crafts an absorbing self-portrait of a man who has thought deeply about his place in society as well as humanity?s place in the natural world.
Science and the Reenchantment of the Cosmos
Author: Ervin Laszlo
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1594776512
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Presents a revolutionary new theory that bridges the divide between science and spirituality • Discloses the ramifications of non-localized consciousness and how the physical world and spiritual experience are two aspects of the same reality • Includes contributions from Jane Goodall, Ed Mitchell, Stanislav Grof, Ralph Abraham, and Christian de Quincy, among others What scientists are now finding at the outermost frontiers of every field is overturning all the basic premises concerning the nature of matter and reality. The universe is not a world of separate things and events but is a cosmos that is connected, coherent, and bears a profound resemblance to the visions held in the earliest spiritual traditions in which the physical world and spiritual experience were both aspects of the same reality and man and the universe were one. The findings that justify this new vision of the underlying logic of the universe come from almost all of the empirical sciences: physics, cosmology, the life sciences, and consciousness research. They explain how interactions lead to interconnections that produce instantaneous and multifaceted coherence--what happens to one part also happens to the other parts, and hence to the system as a whole. The sense of sacred oneness experienced by our ancestors that was displaced by the unyielding material presumptions of modern science can be restored, and humanity can once again feel at home in the universe.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1594776512
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Presents a revolutionary new theory that bridges the divide between science and spirituality • Discloses the ramifications of non-localized consciousness and how the physical world and spiritual experience are two aspects of the same reality • Includes contributions from Jane Goodall, Ed Mitchell, Stanislav Grof, Ralph Abraham, and Christian de Quincy, among others What scientists are now finding at the outermost frontiers of every field is overturning all the basic premises concerning the nature of matter and reality. The universe is not a world of separate things and events but is a cosmos that is connected, coherent, and bears a profound resemblance to the visions held in the earliest spiritual traditions in which the physical world and spiritual experience were both aspects of the same reality and man and the universe were one. The findings that justify this new vision of the underlying logic of the universe come from almost all of the empirical sciences: physics, cosmology, the life sciences, and consciousness research. They explain how interactions lead to interconnections that produce instantaneous and multifaceted coherence--what happens to one part also happens to the other parts, and hence to the system as a whole. The sense of sacred oneness experienced by our ancestors that was displaced by the unyielding material presumptions of modern science can be restored, and humanity can once again feel at home in the universe.
Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos
Author: Loren C. Eiseley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropologists
Languages : en
Pages : 989
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropologists
Languages : en
Pages : 989
Book Description
The Varieties of Scientific Experience
Author: Carl Sagan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101201835
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
“Ann Druyan has unearthed a treasure. It is a treasure of reason, compassion, and scientific awe. It should be the next book you read.” —Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith “A stunningly valuable legacy left to all of us by a great human being. I miss him so.” —Kurt Vonnegut Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spirituality The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide range of topics, including the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets, creationism and so-called intelligent design, and a new concept of science as "informed worship." Originally presented at the centennial celebration of the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland in 1985 but never published, this book offers a unique encounter with one of the most remarkable minds of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101201835
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
“Ann Druyan has unearthed a treasure. It is a treasure of reason, compassion, and scientific awe. It should be the next book you read.” —Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith “A stunningly valuable legacy left to all of us by a great human being. I miss him so.” —Kurt Vonnegut Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spirituality The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide range of topics, including the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets, creationism and so-called intelligent design, and a new concept of science as "informed worship." Originally presented at the centennial celebration of the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland in 1985 but never published, this book offers a unique encounter with one of the most remarkable minds of the twentieth century.
The Night Country
Author: Loren C. Eiseley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803267350
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A collection of autobiographical essays in which the author, anthropologist Loren Eiseley, reflects on the mysteries of life and nature.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803267350
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A collection of autobiographical essays in which the author, anthropologist Loren Eiseley, reflects on the mysteries of life and nature.