"How does it feel being autistic? Can science fiction warn of risks to humankind? Is 'alternative medicine' of benefit, or music, or mood-altering pills? Will alien life be found soon? Are more universes being born? Does immortality await us in heaven or inside immensely powerful computers? Forty-eight experts discuss the cosmos and what makes life interesting. Robert Lawrence Kuhn's our guide, host, editor. An intellectual feast for a mental gourmet!" -- John Leslie, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, University Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Author of Immortality Defended, Infinite Minds, Universes, and The End of the World
ROBERT LAWRENCE KUHN is the creator and host of the Closer To Truth television series. Dr. Kuhn holds a doctorate in brain research and is an international investment banker and corporate strategist. He is Senior Advisor to Citigroup Investment Banking and Senior Partner of IMG, the world's premier sports, entertainment and media company, and the chairman of the Kuhn Foundation. Since 1989 he has been advising the Chinese government in economic policy, media and entertainment policy, mergers and acquisitions, science and technology, cultural exchanges, and international communications. Dr. Kuhn is the author or editor of 25 books, including The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin, a biography that was China's best-selling book in 2005.
The book is a valuable resource for the most recent developments in
science and trends in intellectual thought. It will inspire readers
to learn more about the fundamental issues of human existence, to
think about who they are, why they are here, and where they are
going. In a short section following the debates, Kuhn discusses
different scientific models for explaining reality. The reader is
given helpful background information for each discussion with an
introduction and interview of panel participants. Although the
topics are advanced, the discussions do not go into great
scientific detail or use extensive scientific terminology. Overall,
this book is aimed at those who wish to explore philosophical
questions in a scientific context. Summing Up: Recommended. General
readers; lower-division undergraduates; two-year technical program
students.
*Choice*
[E]xplores the latest scientific research, philosophical thinking
and considerations of the challenges facing mankind in the future,
and is based on the PBS TV show of the same name. Specialists
debate a range of social scientific and ethical questions, from how
alternative medicine may be validated to how science supports
political and social interests. In offering up a blend of debate
and dialogue, Closer to Truth supercedes similar titles and
provides both college level science holdings and general interest
collections with a powerful survey.
*The Bookwatch*
[E]xamine issues such as the nature of consciousness, autism, the
legitimization of alternative medicine, pharmaceutical testing
controversies, the origins of order in the universe, the
possibility extra-terrestrial life, the frontiers of quantum
computing, and the role of basic science in national security.
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