{"product_id":"minds-sky-human-intelligence-in-a-cosmic-context","title":"Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTimothy Ferris\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780553371338\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBantam\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1993\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eComing of Age in the Milky Way \u003c\/i\u003edelivers fascinating essays on the human mind, the search for extraterrestrial (and thus nonhuman) intelligence, comet strikes as a source of species extinction, near-death experiences, apocalyptic prophecies, information theory, and the origin of laughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Mind's Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"It is a joy to read \u003ci\u003eThe Mind's Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. What a sense of humility in the face of mystery--the spirit of Ulysses, as Tennyson put it, determined 'to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield'--and sense of poetry too!\"\u003cb\u003e--John Archibald Wheeler, physicist, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A few chapters into this wonderful book I suddenly realized that I was taking wider views of my own mind's sky than I have enjoyed in a long time. Ferris illuminates (among other matters) the mysteries of laughter, nirvana, common sense, and Joe Montana. He makes us think big thoughts.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jonathan Weiner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Next 100 Years \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePlanet Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of our best and most imaginative writers, Timothy Ferris has never been afraid to tackle big themes. \u003ci\u003eThe Mind's Sky \u003c\/i\u003eis a dazzling and provocative synthesis of inner and outer space. This book is sure to be as controversial as it is elegant.\"\u003cb\u003e--Dennis Overbye, author of \u003ci\u003eLonely Hearts of the Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context | Timothy Ferris | Paperback | 9780553371338 | Used: Very Good | Science \u0026 Math 1543953","offer_id":50575704948994,"sku":"1543953","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71XvhXMD_dL.jpg?v=1790889124","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/minds-sky-human-intelligence-in-a-cosmic-context","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}