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Biocivilisations - A New Look at the Science of Life (Paperback)
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Biocivilisations - A New Look at the Science of Life (Paperback)
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Loot Price R493
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'A brilliant book [that] shows a way out of the destructive trap of
Anthropocentric arrogance.' Vandana Shiva, from the Foreword
Biocivilisations is a fascinating, original and important
exploration into how complex civilisations existed on Earth long
before humans. What is life? This is arguably the most important
question in all of science. Many scientists believe life can be
reduced to ‘mechanistic’ factors, such as genes and information
codes. Everything can be sequenced and explained. But in a world as
rich and complex as this one, can such an assertion really be true?
A growing army of scientists, philosophers and artists do not share
this mechanistic vision for the science of life. The gene metaphor
is not only too simplistic but also misleading. If there is a way
to reduce life to a single principle, how does that principle
acknowledge the creativity of life that turns both genetic and
information determinism on their heads? Biocivilisations is a
groundbreaking book exploring the mysteries of life and its deep
uncertainty. Dr Predrag Slijepčević turns anthropocentric
scientific thinking on its head, showing how the humble bacteria
created the equivalent of cities and connected them with
information highways, bringing our planet to life three thousand
million years ago. He explains how bacteria, amoebas, plants,
insects, birds, whales, elephants and countless other species not
only preceded human beings but also demonstrate elements of complex
civilisation – communication, agriculture, science, art, medicine
and more – that we associate with human achievement. More than
99.99 percent of life on Earth has existed without humanity, and
life will continue without humans long into the future.
Biocivilisations is an important rethinking of the current
scientific paradigm. It challenges us to reconsider the limited
scope and time-window of our current ‘scientific revolution’
and to fundamentally reimagine what we call ‘life on Earth’.
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