{"product_id":"great-minds-dont-think-alike-debates-on-consciousness-reality-intelligence-faith-time-ai-immortality-and-the-human-9780231204118","title":"Great Minds Don't Think Alike: Debates on Consciousness, Reality, Intelligence, Faith, Time, Ai, Immortality, and the Human","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes technology change who we are, and if so, in what ways? Can humanity transcend physical bodies and spaces? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill AI and genetic engineering help us reach new heights or will they unleash dystopias? How do we face mortality, our own and that of our warming planet?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions like these--which are only growing more urgent--can be answered only by drawing on different kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey challenge us to bridge the divide between the sciences and the humanities and bring together perspectives that are too often kept apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Minds Don't Think Alike\u003c\/i\u003e presents conversations among leading scientists, philosophers, historians, and public intellectuals that exemplify openness to diverse viewpoints and the productive exchange of ideas. Pulitzer and Templeton Prize winners, MacArthur \"genius\" grant awardees, and other acclaimed writers and thinkers debate the big questions: who we are, the nature of reality, science and religion, consciousness and materialism, and the mysteries of time. In so doing, they also inquire into how uniting experts from different areas of study to consider these topics might help us address the existential risks we face today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConvened and moderated by the physicist and author Marcelo Gleiser, these public dialogues model constructive engagement between the sciences and the humanities--and show why intellectual cooperation is necessary to shape our collective future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include David Chalmers and Antonio Damasio; Sean Carroll and B. Alan Wallace; Patricia Churchland and Jill Tarter; Rebecca Goldstein and Alan Lightman; Jimena Canales and Paul Davies; Ed Boyden and Mark O'Connell; Elizabeth Kolbert and Siddhartha Mukherjee; Jeremy DeSilva, David Grinspoon, and Tasneem Zehra Husain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcelo Gleiser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231204118\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcelo Gleiser is the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy, professor of physics and astronomy, and director of the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth College. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He is the 2019 Templeton Prize laureate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39822035681395,"sku":"9780231204118","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_840fdadf-ecbc-443c-8c50-83f73e4721e2.jpg?v=1644519727","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/great-minds-dont-think-alike-debates-on-consciousness-reality-intelligence-faith-time-ai-immortality-and-the-human-9780231204118","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}