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“marcelo gleiser”

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  • The Blind Spot

    Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience

    by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, Evan Thompson ...
    A compelling argument for including the human perspective within science, and for how human experience makes science possible.“This is by far the best book I've read this year.”—Michael Pollan, Professor of the Practice of Non-fiction, Harvard University; #1 New York Times bestselling author“(A) stimulating manifesto for changing the way we look at things.”—Wall Street JournalIt’s tem... ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Dawn of a Mindful Universe

    A Manifesto for Humanity's Future

    by Marcelo Gleiser ...
    An award-winning astronomer and physicist’s spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life using reason and curiosity—the foundations of science—to study, nurture, and ultimately preserve humanity as we face the existential crisis of climate change.Since Copernicus, humanity has increasingly seen itself as adrift, an insignificant speck within ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Island of Knowledge

    The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning

    by Marcelo Gleiser ...
    Do all questions have answers? How much can we know about the world? Is there such a thing as an ultimate truth?To be human is to want to know, but what we are able to observe is only a tiny portion of what's "out there." In The Island of Knowledge, physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence. In so doing, he reaches a provocative ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Dancing Universe

    From Creation Myths to the Big Bang

    by Marcelo Gleiser ...
    Marcelo Gleiser refutes the notion that science and spirituality are irreconcilable. In The Dancing Universe, he traces mystical, philosophical, and scientific ideas about the cosmos through the past twenty-five centuries, from the ancient creation myths of numerous cultures to contemporary theories about an ever-expanding universe. He also explores the lives and ideas of history’s greatest ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • A Tear at the Edge of Creation

    A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Universe

    by Marcelo Gleiser ...
    For millennia, shamans and philosophers, believers and nonbelievers, artists and scientists have tried to make sense of our existence by suggesting that everything is connected, that a mysterious Oneness binds us to everything else. People go to temples, churches, mosques, and synagogues to pray to their divine incarnation of Oneness. Following a surprisingly similar notion, scientists have long ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Prophet and the Astronomer

    Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World

    by Marcelo Gleiser ...
    "An intellectual accomplishment that illuminates the magic and the wisdom of the heavens above."—Kirkus Reviews"Tracing our contemplation of the cosmos from the big bang to the big crunch" (The New Yorker), Marcelo Gleiser explores the shared quest of ancient prophets and today's astronomers to explain the strange phenomena of our skies—from the apocalypse foretold in Revelations to modern science ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Great Minds Don’t Think Alike

    Debates on Consciousness, Reality, Intelligence, Faith, Time, AI, Immortality, and the Human

    Edited by Marcelo Gleiser ...
    Does technology change who we are, and if so, in what ways? Can humanity transcend physical bodies and spaces? Will AI and genetic engineering help us reach new heights or will they unleash dystopias? How do we face mortality, our own and that of our warming planet? Questions like these—which are only growing more urgent—can be answered only by drawing on different kinds of knowledge and ways of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected

    A Natural Philosopher’s Quest for Trout and the Meaning of Everything

    by Marcelo Gleiser ...
    A personal and engaging tribute to nature from a world-famous theoretical physicist.Marcelo Gleiser has had a passion for science and fishing since he was a boy growing up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. As a world-famous theoretical physicist with hundreds of scientific articles and several books of popular science to his credit, he felt it was time to once again connect with nature in less ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected, Second Edition

    A Natural Philosopher’s Quest for Trout and the Meaning of Everything

    by Marcelo Gleiser ...
    Narrated by Thom Rivera ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 16 min

    A personal and engaging tribute to nature from a world-famous theoretical physicistMarcelo Gleiser has had a passion for science and fishing since he was a boy growing up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. As a world-famous theoretical physicist with hundreds of scientific articles and several books of popular science to his credit, he felt it was time to once again connect with nature in less ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Dawn of a Mindful Universe

    A Manifesto for Humanity's Future

    by Marcelo Gleiser ...
    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 55 min

    An award-winning astronomer and physicist’s spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life using reason and curiosity—the foundations of science—to study, nurture, and ultimately preserve humanity as we face the existential crisis of climate change.Since Copernicus, humanity has increasingly seen itself as adrift, an insignificant speck within ... Read more

    Was $27.99 USD Now $23.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Blind Spot

    Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience

    by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, Evan Thompson ...
    Narrated by Perry Daniels ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 59 min

    In The Blind Spot, astrophysicist Adam Frank, theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser, and philosopher Evan Thompson call for a revolutionary scientific worldview, where science includes—rather than ignores or tries not to see—humanity's lived experience as an inescapable part of our search for objective truth. They urge practitioners to reframe how science works for the sake of our future in the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Listening to Infinity

    are we closer to God?

    by Marcelo Gleiser, Gianfranco Ravasi, Natan Marinho Júnior, Fabiano Incerti ...
    (...) People have a very distorted view of science, religion, and the relationship between them. They immediately put science and faith as antipodes in constant confrontation. My vision is a little more historical and cultural. I see science as a manifestation of human effort to engage in the mystery of existence. And religion is also a manifestation of human effort to engage in the mystery of ... Read more

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