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

by Timothy Ferris

Overview

His style as playful as ever, Timothy Ferris explores inner as well as outer space in these essays on the human mind, the search for extraterrestrial (and thus nonhuman) intelligence, and their intersection. Other chapters look at comet strikes as a source of species extinction; near-death experience; apocalyptic prophecies; information theory; and the origin of laughter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780553371338
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/01/1993
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Hometown:

San Francisco, California

Date of Birth:

August 29, 1944

Place of Birth:

Miami, Florida

Education:

B.S., Northwestern University, 1966

Website:

http://www.timothyferris.com

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This Is Not the Universe
(Continues…)

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