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Forty years ago, Francis Crick, along with James Watson, made history with the discovery of the structure of DNA, forever changing our understanding of life itself. Now Crick is once again at the frontier of scientific discovery, turning his attention to the mysteries of human consciousness.
Bent on deciphering the complexities of the brain, Crick maps out the neurobiology of vision. The result is a cogent, witty, and richly detailed analysis of how the brain "sees," and a daring exploration of some of the most fundamental questions of human existence: Do we have free will? What exactly is it that makes us sentient beings and different from other animals? Is there such a thing as a soul, or are we nothing more than an immensely complex collection of neurons?
In this groundbreaking, provocative work, Francis Crick challenges the very foundations of current scientific, philosophical, and religious thought.
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La búsqueda científica del alma: una revolucionaria hipótesis para el siglo XXI
2000, Debate
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The astonishing hypothesis: the scientific search for the soul
1995, Touchstone
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The Astonishing hypothesis: the scientific search for the soul
1995, Simon & Schuster
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Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul
July 1, 1995, Scribner
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The astonishing hypothesis: the scientific search for the soul
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"The Astonishing Hypothesis is that "You," your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules."
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