Name: The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context
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Author: Timothy Ferriss
ISBN: 9780553371338

portada The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context

Type

Physical Book

Author

Timothy Ferris

Timothy Ferriss

Publisher

Bantam

Year

1993

Language

English

Pages

300

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.2 x 15.1 x 1.9 cm

Weight

0.44 kg.

ISBN13

9780553371338

Synopsis "The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context"

The bestselling author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way delivers fascinating essays on the human mind, the search for extraterrestrial (and thus nonhuman) intelligence, comet strikes as a source of species extinction, near-death experiences, apocalyptic prophecies, information theory, and the origin of laughter. Praise for The Mind's Sky "It is a joy to read The Mind's Sky. What a sense of humility in the face of mystery--the spirit of Ulysses, as Tennyson put it, determined 'to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield'--and sense of poetry too!"--John Archibald Wheeler, physicist, Princeton University "A few chapters into this wonderful book I suddenly realized that I was taking wider views of my own mind's sky than I have enjoyed in a long time. Ferris illuminates (among other matters) the mysteries of laughter, nirvana, common sense, and Joe Montana. He makes us think big thoughts."--Jonathan Weiner, author of The Next 100 Years and Planet Earth "One of our best and most imaginative writers, Timothy Ferris has never been afraid to tackle big themes. The Mind's Sky is a dazzling and provocative synthesis of inner and outer space. This book is sure to be as controversial as it is elegant."--Dennis Overbye, author of Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos

Timothy Ferriss

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Tim Ferriss ha sido llamado "un cruce entre Jack Welch y un monje budista" por The New York Times. Es uno de los “Empresarios Más Innovadores” de Fast Company y fue inversor/asesor de tecnología en etapa inicial en Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba y más de cincuenta empresas más. También es autor de cuatro bestsellers número uno del New York Times y el Wall Street Journal: La semana laboral de 4 horas, El cuerpo de 4 horas, El chef de 4 horas y Titanes. The Observer y otros medios lo han llamado “la Oprah del audio” debido a la influencia de su podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, que ha superado los 200 millones de descargas y ha sido seleccionado como “Lo mejor de iTunes” tres años consecutivos.

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