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Zusatztext 68214363 Informationen zum Autor Dr. Andreas Weber is a German academic, scholar and writer who holds degrees in Marine Biology and Cultural Studies. He is the author of eight non-fiction books and dozens of magazine features and is highly respected for his work in the fields of popular science and environmental sustainability. Andreas explores new understandings of life-as-meaning or "biopoetics" and "biosemiotics" in science and in the arts, and his work has been translated into several languages and published around the globe. Klappentext What is life? In The Biology of Wonder , scientist Andreas Weber resolves this fundamental enigma, arguing that humans, like all living beings, are creative, evolutionary forces who cannot exist apart from nature. Vorwort Features offered to Orion, Discover, Resurgence, New Yorker Excerpts offered to UTNE, The Intelligent Optimist, Kosmos Advertising in The Intelligent Optimist, UTNE, Spirituality and Health Promotion targeting organizations such Schumacher Foundation Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements Galley available on Edelweiss Simultaneous ebook release and promotion Promotion on New Society Publishers social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest Zusammenfassung Understanding our place in the web of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by David Abram Introduction: Towards a Poetic Ecology Part One: Cells with Aspirations Chapter 1: The Desire for Life Chapter 2: The Machine That Can Die Chapter 3: The Physics of Creation Part Two: The Language of Feeling Chapter 4: World Inscape Chapter 5: Affective Neuroscience: Mind as Symbol of the Body Part Three: I am Thou Chapter 6: The Question in the Eyes of the Wolf Chapter 7: Learning to Think: Mirroring the Other Part Four: Life as Art Chapter 8: Melody of the Soul Chapter 9: The Principle of Beauty Part Five: Symbioses Chapter 10: The Body of the Sea Chapter 11: Not One, But All Chapter 12: The Silvery Sea Part Six: Healing Chapter 13: Ethics: The Values of the Flesh Chapter 14: Enlivenment: Ecological Morals as Mutuality in Beauty Acknowledgments Endnotes Index About the Author ...
