Dr. Jennings states that his purpose in The Universe and Life is to
“try to show what positive outlook on life and the world is given
by the study of biological science; and how this differs, if at
all, from the outlook based on physics, or from the outlook
presented in some of the religions of the world.” He
believes that the study of biology aids in getting a unified view
of the universe and of man in his relations with it, and that it
helps particularly in the problems of managing life, the problems
of conduct, and in the determination of our attitude toward the
world. Did life always exist? Does development
produce what is really new? Do feelings, ideas, and
knowledge have a function in the world? Was what occurs
today predictable before life came into the world? Is man
indispensable to the advancement of life? Does the study of
biology lead to the belief that life tends toward a goal that is
already existent? Does it lead to the divine right of the
aristocrat? Do individuals continue to live after the event
we call death? Professor Jennings sets forth his answers to
these and other provocative questions in simple and clear-cut
style, and concludes that life “is progressing in the present as
it has in the past. In the future it may be expected to
advance as it has done in the past—to heights that no one can
predict, to which no one can set limits.”
General
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
The Terry Lectures |
| Release date: |
March 2028 |
| Firstpublished: |
September 1933 |
| Authors: |
H. S Jennings
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
100 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-13652-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-300-13652-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780300136524 |
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