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A clarion call against dumbing-down in modern society by one of our most eminent journalists
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An entertaining and thought-provoking 'cultural history' of the alien phenomenon - who are they and why are they here?
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A dazzling, funny, alarming, entertaining and thought-provoking look at immortality and how some believe it will soon be within our reach.
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Bryan Appleyard charts the progression of scientific knowledge, from Copernicus and Descartes to Einstein and Hawking, and its devastating impact on mankind's belief in his dominant role in the universe.
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I want to live for ever! sangen die Darsteller von Fame, und damit sind sie nicht allein: Das Streben nach Unsterblichkeit, nach ewiger Jugend zieht sich durch die gesamte Menschheitsgeschichte. Aber erst in den letzten Jahrzehnten haben die medizinischen Wissenschaften so ra ...
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This text takes the liberal humanist position against the advance of scientific ethics (or lack of them), in particular those of genetics. As the achievements of science threaten to engulf this century leaving us morally and philosophically floundering in their wake.
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Bryan Appleyard takes the liberal humanist position against the advance of scientific ethics (or lack of them), in particular those of genetics. He argues that although we live in Dawkins' cold and pitiless universe, if we live according to such wisdom we will all end up killin ...
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Aims to make the wider issues and principal ideas of our age understandable to all. The book refers to all spheres - culture, philosophy and politics - and is split into five sections: facts, analysis, connections, perceptions and thesis.
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