Green Fire: The Life Force, from the Atom to the Mind

Martinez, Ignacio

ISBN 10: 1568583079 / ISBN 13: 9781568583075

Published by Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Green Fire: The Life Force, from the Atom to the Mind
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568583079
• ISBN 13: 9781568583075
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 612.4 grams

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Synopsis

Green Fire doesn't just pose the question of why are we here; it dares to answer it: humans are the thinking incarnation of nature. Along the way, the authors, two of Europe's most celebrated and original thinkers, freewheel through history, touching on the work of Charles Darwin, Rudyard Kipling, Francis Bacon, and even Baron von Munchausen to link the origin of life on Earth with the development of the human brain. In these pages, readers learn how Aristotle and Galileo disagreed, how Queen Christina's clock flummoxed Descartes, and how a jellyfish and an airplane share the same navigational system; you'll even learn the meaning of words like "karst" and "cnidarian." But mostly, readers of Green Fire will enjoy a masterful book that combines scientific rigor with an entertaining narrative to explore the evolution of life on Earth and humankind's place in it.

About the Author

Juan Luis Arsuaga is a professor of paleontology at the University of Madrid and a member of the (U.S.) National Academy of Sciences.
Ignacio Martínez is a professor of paleontology at the University of Alcalá.
Michael B. Miller lives in Burke, VA.