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Biocentrism  (English, Paperback, Lanza Robert)

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  • Language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: BenBella Books
  • Genre: Science
  • ISBN: 9781935251743, 9781935251743
  • Pages: 200
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    Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe is a revolutionary title on the universe and how biocentrism can change the world.

    Summary of the Book

    The writers put forth their viewpoints on a groundbreaking new theory. They discuss how the importance has shifted from physics to biology. The book shows readers how this has led to a change in perspective, giving scientists breakthrough information about how life is immortal in a large sense and how the new century is embracing biology as the principal science. It gives readers the viewpoints of an acclaimed biologist and a leading astronomer, helping them understand the reasons for this shift and how it affects us all. Readers will never look at life the same way ever again once they dive into this book.

    About the Authors

    Robert “Bob” Burman is an American astronomer, writer, and popular science advocate. A former adjunct professor of astronomy at the liberal arts college, Marymount Manhattan College, he appeared on CBS This Morning, the Today Show, and the Late Show with David Letterman. He has also authored: Shooting for the Moon, Secrets of the Night Sky: The Most Amazing Things in the Universe You Can See with the Naked Eye, and The Sun's Heartbeat And Other Stories From the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet.

    Robert Lanza is an American physician, scientist and Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology as well as Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he gained fame when he approached Harvard with the results of his private genetic research on chickens, which he carried out in his basement. A Benjamin Franklin Scholar and University Scholar, he was also a Fulbright Sholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a pioneer of the world's first cloning process, producing early stage human embryos as well as the first to generate stem cells from adults using somatic-cell nuclear transfer. He has also written: Yearbook of Cell and Tissue Transplantation, Pancreatic Islet Transplantation (in three volumes), and Methods in Enzymology (Volumes 418 to 420).

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    • 15 mm
    Height
    • 230 mm
    Length
    • 152 mm
    Weight
    • 283 gr
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    The central theme of the book is that the perceived 'external' world doesn't really exist unless there is living entity to perceive it. In other words, the world is a construct of your own mind and there is no 'world' devoid of the observer. The author has coined a new term called "Biocentrism" for this, showcasing it as the ultimate perspective that can explain all things. While the label may be new, the concept itself is very old going back to days of Advaita vedanta (for e.g. in the Yoga V...
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