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The Enchanted Loom

S/t: Mind in the Universe

The evolution of life & the development of the human mind. The title is from the 1937 — 38 Gifford Lectures by Charles Sherrington: "It is as if the Milky Way entered upon some cosmic dance. Swiftly the head mass becomes an enchanted loom where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern, always a meaningful pattern though never an abiding one; a shifting harmony of subpatterns." Jastrow "shows us the latest breakthroughs in astronomy, biology, & the brain sciences, & explains how these scientific discoveries have given us a new view of man..."

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 185
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780671433086
  • Genres
  • science
  • Release date
  • 1981