Science & engineering
The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science
By Alan Lightman, professor of the practice in humanities
Pantheon · 2023
Drawing on intellectual history and conversations with contemporary scientists, philosophers, and psychologists, Lightman asks a series of thought-provoking questions that illuminate our strange place between the world of particles and forces and the world of complex human experience.
From Summer 2023 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.
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