Mind, Life and Universe: Conversations with Great Scientists of Our TimeLynn Margulis, Eduardo Punset Chelsea Green Publishing, 15 août 2007 - 304 pages Nearly forty of the world's most esteemed scientists discuss the big questions that drive their illustrious careers. Co-editor Eduardo Punset—one of Spain's most loved personages for his popularization of the sciences—interviews an impressive collection of characters drawing out the seldom seen personalities of the world's most important men and woman of science. In Mind, Life and Universe they describe in their own words the most important and fascinating aspects of their research. Frank and often irreverent, these interviews will keep even the most casual reader of science books rapt for hours. Can brain science explain feelings of happiness and despair? Is it true that chimpanzees are just like us when it comes to sexual innuendo? Is there any hard evidence that life exists anywhere other than on the Earth? Through Punset's skillful questioning, readers will meet one scientist who is passionate about the genetic control of everything and another who spends her every waking hour making sure African ecosystems stay intact. The men and women assembled here by Lynn Margulis and Eduardo Punset will provide a source of endless interest. In captivating conversations with such science luminaries as Jane Goodall, James E. Lovelock, Oliver Sachs, and E. O. Wilson, Punset reveals a hidden world of intellectual interests, verve, and humor. Science enthusiasts and general readers alike will devour Mind, Life and Universe, breathless and enchanted by its truths. |
Table des matières
Culture before Humans | 3 |
Intelligent Life on Earth? Nicholas Mackintosh | 6 |
Stressed Chimps Robert Sapolsky | 12 |
Nearly Human Jane Goodall | 22 |
A Question of Degree Jordi Sabater Pi | 31 |
Like Ants Bees and Termites but Different Edward O Wilson | 35 |
Attractiveness | 47 |
Can Beauty Be Measured? Victor Johnston | 48 |
The Secret Code Sydney Brenner | 158 |
Beyond the Human Genome William Haseltine | 169 |
The Second Brain Phillip Tobias and Ralph Holloway | 172 |
Immortality from Your Mother Douglas Wallace | 182 |
Inevitability of Aging? Tom Kirkwood | 187 |
Bygone Biospheres | 199 |
Life Is a Mistake Kenneth H Nealson | 210 |
Toward Perfection | 217 |
Science of Happiness Daniel Gilbert | 58 |
Psychopaths Robert Hare | 68 |
Anxiety | 77 |
No One Is Boss Daniel Dennett | 79 |
The Hidden Self Oliver Sacks | 87 |
Dialogue with Fear Joseph Ledoux | 104 |
Fretful Worry Kenneth Kendler | 109 |
Animal BodyMind | 117 |
Cyclicity and Sociality | 119 |
Drumbeats Steven Strogatz | 121 |
Survival Not Truth Is Imperative Richard Gregory | 130 |
Dreaming to Learn Nicholas Humphrey | 140 |
Music and Talk Diana Deutsch | 149 |
Prehistory and Immortality of the BodyMind | 157 |
The Code of the Dead Richard Dawkins | 225 |
Purpose of Evolution Dorion Sagan | 231 |
Dead or Alive? | 237 |
Our Ancestor the Bacterium Ricardo Guerrero | 244 |
Different from Amoebae John Bonner | 254 |
From the Vast to the Miniscule | 267 |
Atomic Consciousness Heinrich Rohrer | 280 |
New Dimensions Lisa Randall | 297 |
Manipulation by Dwarves Nicolás García | 304 |
The Scientists | 319 |
The Editors | 333 |
The Readings | 341 |
List of Figures and Tables | 347 |
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