Mind and Life: Discussions With the Dalai Lama on the Nature of Reality - Rilegato

Luisi, Pier Luigi

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ISBN 10: 0231145500 ISBN 13: 9780231145503

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2008

Riassunto

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 approach to the scientific exploration of reality, but also adds scientific background to their presentations, as well as supplementary discussions with prominent participants and attendees. Interviews with His Holiness the Karmapa, the Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, and the actor and longtime human rights advocate Richard Gere take the proceedings into new directions, enriching the material with personal viewpoints and lively conversation about such topics as the origin of matter, the properties of cells, the nature of evolution, and the ethics of genetic manipulation.
A keen study of character, Luisi incorporates his own amusing observations into this fascinating dialogue, painting a very human portrait of some of our greatest - and most intimidating - thinkers.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Pier Luigi Luisi is professor of biology at the University of Roma 3.

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Book by Luisi Pier Luigi

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0231145500
• ISBN 13: 9780231145503
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 218