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The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby

The Cosmic Serpent

DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

By Jeremy Narby

By Jeremy Narby

By Jeremy Narby

By Jeremy Narby

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Category: Science

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Apr 05, 1999 | 272 Pages

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    About The Cosmic Serpent

    This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald “a Copernican revolution for the life sciences,” leads the reader through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge.In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent reveals how startlingly different the world around us appears when we open our minds to it.

    About The Cosmic Serpent

    This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald “a Copernican revolution for the life sciences,” leads the reader through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge.In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent reveals how startlingly different the world around us appears when we open our minds to it.

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    About Jeremy Narby

    Jeremy Narby, Ph.D. is the author of The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge. He lives in Switzerland.

    About Jeremy Narby

    Jeremy Narby, Ph.D. is the author of The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge. He lives in Switzerland.

    Product Details

    Category: Science

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by TarcherPerigee
    Apr 05, 1999 | 272 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8 | ISBN 9780874779646

    Category: Science

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by TarcherPerigee
    Apr 05, 1999 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9781101494356

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    Table Of Contents

    The Cosmic Serpent Chapter 1: Forest Television
    Chapter 2: Anthropologists and Shamans
    Chapter 3: The Mother of the Mother of Tobacco Is a Snake
    Chapter 4: Enigma in Rio
    Chapter 5: Defocalizing
    Chapter 6: Seeing Correspondences
    Chapter 7: Myths and Molecules
    Chapter 8: Through the Eyes of an Ant
    Chapter 9: Receptors and Transmitters
    Chapter 10: Biology’s Blind Spot
    Chapter 11: “What Took You So Long?”
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Acknowledgments
    Permissions and Credits
    Index
    Bibliographic Index

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