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Biocivilisations audiobook
- By: Predrag B. Slijepcevic
- Narrator: Madison Niederhauser
- Category: Life Sciences, Microbiology, Science
- Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Chelsea Green
- Publish date: May 18, 2023
- Language: English
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Biocivilisations Audiobook Summary
Biocivilisations is an important, original rethinking of the mystery of life and its deep uncertainty, exploring the complex civilisations that existed on Earth long before humans.
What is life? Many scientists believe life can be reduced to ‘mechanistic’ factors, such as genes and information codes. Yet there is a growing army of scientists, philosophers and artists who reject this view. The gene metaphor is not only too simplistic but deeply misleading. If there is a way to reduce life to a single principle, that principle must acknowledge the creativity of life, turning genetic determinism on its head.
The term biocivilisations is the acknowledgement of this uncertainty of life, as opposed to a quasi-certainty of the human position governed by a narrow time window of the scientific revolution. Life existed without humans for more than 99.99 percent of the Earth’s existence. Life will also continue without humans long after our inevitable extinction.
In Biocivilisations, Dr Predrag Slijep?evi? shows how bacteria, amoebas, plants, insects, birds, whales, elephants and countless other species not only preceded human beings but demonstrate elements of how we celebrate human civilisation – complex communication, agriculture, science, art, medicine and more.
Humans must try to adopt this wisdom from other biocivilisations that have long preceded our own. By rethinking the current scientific paradigm, Dr Slijep?evi? makes clear that a transformation – from a naïve young species into a more mature species in tune with its surroundings – will save us from our own violence and the violence we inflict on the rest of our living planet.
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Biocivilisations Audiobook Narrator
Madison Niederhauser is the narrator of Biocivilisations audiobook that was written by Predrag B. Slijepcevic
Madison Niederhauser is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting.
About the Author(s) of Biocivilisations
Predrag B. Slijepcevic is the author of Biocivilisations
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Biocivilisations Full Details
| Narrator | Madison Niederhauser |
| Length | 10 hours 46 minutes |
| Author | Predrag B. Slijepcevic |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Chelsea Green |
| Release date | May 18, 2023 |
| ISBN | 9781666638288 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Biocivilisations is Chelsea Green. includes the following subjects: Biocivilisations, Mystery of life, Uncertainty, Mechanistic factors, Genes, Information codes, Growing army, Scientists, Philosophers, Artists, Reject, Gene metaphor, Simplistic, Misleading, Creativity of life, Genetic determinism, Principle, Acknowledge, Turning genetic determinism, Quasi-certainty, Human position, Narrow time window, Scientific revolution, Inevitable extinction, Bacteria, Amoebas, Plants, Insects, Birds, Whales, Elephants, Human civilisation, Complex communication, Agriculture, Science, Art, Medicine, Wisdom, Preceded, Scientific paradigm, Transformation, Naive young species, Mature species, In tune with surroundings, Violence, Inflict, Rest of living planet, Life sciences, Microbiology, Dr Predrag Slijepčević, Original rethinking, Countless species, Save us., Science, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Science, Life Sciences, Biology, Science, Life Sciences, Zoology, General The BISAC Subject Code is Life Sciences, Microbiology, Science
Additional info
The publisher of the Biocivilisations is Chelsea Green. The imprint is Chelsea Green. It is supplied by Chelsea Green. The ISBN-13 is 9781666638288.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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