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100 1 $aBrockman, John,$d1941-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50041423
245 14 $aThe third culture /$cby John Brockman.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c[1995], ©1995.
263 $a9505
300 $a413 pages ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [389]-397) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: The Emerging Third Culture -- Ch. 1. "A Package of Information" / George C. Williams -- Ch. 2. "The Pattern of Life's History" / Stephen Jay Gould -- Ch. 3. "A Survival Machine" / Richard Dawkins -- Ch. 4. "Biology Is Just a Dance" / Brian Goodwin -- Ch. 5. "Why Is There So Much Genetic Diversity?" / Steve Jones -- Ch. 6. "A Battle of Words" / Niles Eldredge -- Ch. 7. "Gaia Is a Tough Bitch" / Lynn Margulis -- Ch. 8. "Smart Machines" / Marvin Minsky -- Ch. 9. "Information Is Surprises" / Roger Schank -- Ch. 10. "Intuition Pumps" / Daniel C. Dennett -- Ch. 11. "The Thick Moment" / Nicholas Humphrey -- Ch. 12. "The Emergent Self" / Francisco Varela -- Ch. 13. "Language Is a Human Instinct" / Steven Pinker -- Ch. 14. "Consciousness Involves Noncomputable Ingredients" / Roger Penrose -- Ch. 15. "An Ensemble of Universes" / Martin Rees -- Ch. 16. "A Universe in Your Backyard" / Alan Guth -- Ch. 17. "A Theory of the Whole Universe" / Lee Smolin -- Ch. 18. "The Synthetic Path" / Paul Davies.
505 8 $aCh. 19. "Plectics" / Murray Gell-Mann -- Ch. 20. "Order for Free" / Stuart Kauffman -- Ch. 21. "A Dynamical Pattern" / Christopher G. Langton -- Ch. 22. "The Second Law of Organization" / J. Doyne Farmer -- Ch. 23. "Close to the Singularity / W. Daniel Hillis.
520 $aThe Third Culture is an eye-opening look at the intellectual culture of today - in which science, not literature or philosophy, takes center stage in the debate over human nature and the nature of the universe.
520 8 $aThirty-five years ago, C. P. Snow, in a now famous essay, wrote about the polarization of the "two cultures" - literary intellectuals on the one hand, and scientists on the other. Although he hoped for the emergence of a "third culture" that would bridge the gap, it is only recently - when books such as Daniel C.
520 8 $aDennett's Consciousness Explained, Stephen Jay Gould's Wonderful Life, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind, and Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct became bestsellers - that science has changed the intellectual landscape.
650 0 $aScientists$vInterviews.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111332
650 0 $aIntellectuals$vInterviews.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008123915
650 0 $aScience and the humanities.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118626
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