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The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul

by Francis Crick

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ISBN13: 9780684801582
ISBN10: 0684801582
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Traditionally, the human soul is regarded as a nonphysical concept that can only be examined by psychiatrists and theologists. In his new book, The Astonishing Hypothesis, Nobel Laureate Francis Crick boldly straddles the line between science and spirituality by examining the soul from the standpoint of a modern scientist, basing the soul's existence and function on an in-depth examination of how the human brain "sees."

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Sheryl Stolberg

Los Angeles Times

Skewering philosophy and religion in a book that is supposed to be about the study of the brain might be awkward for other scientists. But Crick pulls it off, and incorporates the nitty-gritty of science to boot.

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Matthew BelmonteThe Washington Times Crick's new book is a well-constructed and comprehensive overview of visual neuroscience for the lay reader....[The] book's questions and conjectures are incisive and provocative.

About the Author

Francis Crick is the British physicist and biochemist who collaborated with James D. Watson in the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, for which they received the Nobel Prize in 1962. He is the author of What Mad Pursuit, Life Itself, and Molecules and Men. Dr. Crick lectures widely all over the world to both professional and lay audiences, and is a Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California.

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ISBN:
9780684801582
Subtitle:
The Scientific Search for the Soul
With:
Laureate, Nobel
With:
Laureate, Nobel
Author:
Crick, Francis
Author:
Crick
Author:
Laureate, Nobel
Author:
Laureate, Nobel
Publisher:
Scribner Book Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Italian
Subject:
General science
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Subject:
Visual perception
Subject:
Cognitive Psychology
Subject:
Consciousness
Subject:
Diseases - Brain
Subject:
Mind and body
Subject:
Neural circuitry
Subject:
Neurology - General
Subject:
General Science
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Touchstone ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
500-227.
Publication Date:
January 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
9.24x6.16x.76 in. 1.06 lbs.

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