| Description |
244 pages ; 22 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index. |
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Part I: World imagined. Copernicus is dead! Long live Copernicanism -- Part II: Worlds discovered. The desacralization of nature -- The search for other worlds -- Life on other worlds -- Part III: The universe awakens. The mystery of life -- Lessons from a living planet -- Part IV: The mindful cosmos. Biocentrism -- A manifesto for humanity's future -- The resacralization of nature. |
| Summary |
"Since Copernicus, humanity has increasingly seen itself as adrift, an insignificant speck within a large, cold universe. Brazilian physicist, astronomer, and winner of the 2019 Templeton Prize Marcelo Gleiser argues that it is because we have lost the spark of the Enlightenment that has guided human development over the past several centuries. While some scientific efforts have been made to overcome this increasingly bleak perspective—the ongoing search for life on other planets, the recent idea of the multiverse—they have not been enough to overcome the core problem: we’ve lost our moral mission and compassionate focus in our scientific endeavors. Gleiser argues that we’re using the wrong paradigm to relate to the universe and our position in it. In this...book, he calls for us to embrace a new life-centric perspective, one which recognizes just how rare and precious life is and why it should be our mission to preserve and nurture it. The Dawn of a Mindful Universe addresses the current environmental and scientific impasses and how the scientific community can find solutions to them. Gleiser’s paradigm rethinks the ideals of the Enlightenment, and proposes a new direction for humanity, one driven by human reason and curiosity whose purpose is to save civilization itself. Within this model, we can once again see ourselves as the center of the universe—the place where life becomes conscious—and regain a clear moral compass which can be used to guide both science and the politics around it." --publisher's website |
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Enlightenment -- Influence.
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Science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Social aspects.
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Life.
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Human ecology.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Science -- Social aspects. |
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Human ecology. |
| Added Title |
A manifesto for humanity's future |
| ISBN |
9780063056879 |
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0063056879 |
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