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Fire in the Mind : Science, Faith, and the Search for Order
Fire in the Mind Science Faith and the Search for Order
Author: George Johnson
Are there really laws governing the universe? Or is the order we see a mere artifact of the way evolution wired the brain? And is what we call science only a set of myths in which quarks, DNA, and information fill the role once occupied by gods? These questions lie at the heart of George Johnson's audacious exploration of the border between ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679740216
ISBN-10: 067974021X
Publication Date: 9/17/1996
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A well-written, but odd book. Johnson really understands a lot of science, but frames the ideas against the background of the land, history and culture of the natives of New Mexico. He contrasts their ideas of cosmology, etc. with those of our leading scientists, particularly those at the Santa Fe Institute. The part on information theory is very good.
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