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Beyond Biocentrism, The Sting of the Wild, The Birth of Anthropocene, and Ordinarily Well

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Robert Lanza with Bob Berman
BenBella Books, May 2016

In a follow-up to their celebrated 2009 book, Biocentrism, stem cell researcher Robert Lanza and astronomer Bob Berman further consider the farthest reaches of science’s grip on reality in Beyond Biocentrism. As they did in their earlier book, the duo highlight the recent scientific advances that are shaking our understanding of time, space, life, the universe, and our place in it. “[W]elcome back for a deeper and more thorough exploration into [biocentrism], including chapters that solely involve key issues such as death, and important ancillary investigations into topics such as awareness in the botanical world, how we gain information, and whether machines can ever become conscious,” the authors write.

Given the pace of research not only ...

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    From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer.

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