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).
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