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Mind and Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality
Pier Luisi
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Description for Mind and Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality
Hardback. For more than a decade, a small group of scientists and philosophers has met regularly to explore the intersection between science and the spirit--asking if physics, chemistry, and biology can explain the mystery of life. This work reproduces that dramatic, cross-cultural dialogue. Series: Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, 59 illus. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
For over a decade, a small group of scientists and philosophers--members of the Mind and Life Institute--have met regularly to explore the intersection between science and the spirit. At one of these meetings, the themes discussed were both fundamental and profound: can physics, chemistry, and biology explain the mystery of life? How do our philosophical assumptions influence science and the ethics we bring to biotechnology? And how does an ancient spiritual tradition throw new light on these questions? Pier Luigi Luisi not only reproduces this dramatic, cross-cultural dialogue, in which world-class scientists, philosophers, and Buddhist scholars develop a holistic ... Read more
For over a decade, a small group of scientists and philosophers--members of the Mind and Life Institute--have met regularly to explore the intersection between science and the spirit. At one of these meetings, the themes discussed were both fundamental and profound: can physics, chemistry, and biology explain the mystery of life? How do our philosophical assumptions influence science and the ethics we bring to biotechnology? And how does an ancient spiritual tradition throw new light on these questions? Pier Luigi Luisi not only reproduces this dramatic, cross-cultural dialogue, in which world-class scientists, philosophers, and Buddhist scholars develop a holistic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Series in Science and Religion
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231145503
SKU
V9780231145503
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About Pier Luisi
Pier Luigi Luisi is professor of biology at the University of Roma 3 and the author of The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology. His major research has been in the fields of self-organization of chemical systems and the emergence of novel functional properties as a result of increased complexity.
Reviews for Mind and Life: Discussions with the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality
A pleasure to read. Buddhadharma Stimulating. Nature An excellent presentation of what can happen when intelligent, open minds sit down together with the goal of mutual understanding and betterment.
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