GREEN FIRE: The Life Force, From The Atom To The Mind. Translated By Michael B. Miller

black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. remainder copy in fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. black ink mark on bottom, other edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. other than the remainder mark a like new copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining. first edition. first printing so stated ( & #1 in # line).xi+420p. b&w diagrams & illustrations. bibliography. index. history of science. biology. physics. philosophy. world history. evolution. botany. geology. archaeology. social science. ~ The story of how Mother Earth has shaped humanity through the millennia ~ Green Fire doesn't just pose the question 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 van Munchausen to link the origin of life on earth with the development of the human brain(!). In these pages, you will learn how Aristotle and Galileo disagree, 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. The scientific explanation of evolution is more marvelous than any creation myth or metaphor. Earth evolved, and will continue to evolve, in a near~infinite variety of forms that are beautiful and amazing.…