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The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature
Rupert Sheldrake
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Paperback. A new edition of Rupert Sheldrake's bestseller Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 126 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. A world-famous biologist, Sheldrake proposes that all self-organizing systems, from crystals to human societies, inherit a collective memory that influences their form and behaviour. Rather than being ruled by fixed laws, nature is essentially habitual. All human beings draw upon a collective human memory, and in turn contribute to it. Even individual memory depends on morphic resonance rather than on physical memory traces stored within the brain. Morphic resonance works through morphic fields, which organize the bodies of plants and animals, coordinate the activities of brains, and ... Read more
Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. A world-famous biologist, Sheldrake proposes that all self-organizing systems, from crystals to human societies, inherit a collective memory that influences their form and behaviour. Rather than being ruled by fixed laws, nature is essentially habitual. All human beings draw upon a collective human memory, and in turn contribute to it. Even individual memory depends on morphic resonance rather than on physical memory traces stored within the brain. Morphic resonance works through morphic fields, which organize the bodies of plants and animals, coordinate the activities of brains, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Duxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848313064
SKU
V9781848313064
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About Rupert Sheldrake
DR. RUPERT SHELDRAKE is a biologist and author of more than 80 scientific papers and ten books, including A New Science of Life (Icon, 2008). He was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge and a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. He is a visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute in Connecticut and a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic ... Read more
Reviews for The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature
Engaging, provocative ... a tour de force'
New Scientist
New Scientist