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Title: The Mind's Sky : Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context by Timothy Ferris ISBN: 0-553-37133-9 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Great title for a book I just don't get.
Comment: A friend gave me the audio tape version of The Minds Sky and I was so disinchanted with what I heard that I visited Amazon.com, read a couple of reviews then ordered the book version thinking I must have just missed ( again and again) the points and story line Mister Farris was putting forth. Fact is I didn't "get it" from the book version either - I have been amused, bemused and found some great themes opened up by Mr. Ferris but almost universally found his own comclusions to be way off the mark . The man does not know how to think. There is some flaw or serious ommision in his logic ( or in mime ) I suggest you get the book, study it then lets keep hammering on him with reviews until he rewrites it.
Rating: 1
Summary: Anecdotal.
Comment: Book based on lectures by the author.
The treatment of the main subject 'the relation between the universe and the mind' through neurology and SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is very superficial. Only roughly one half of the book covers this subject.
The construction of a central nervous system through the Milky Way seemed to me bad science fiction.
Another part of the book is based on the work of Edward O. Wilson 'The diversity of life', the DNA structure and oriental mysticism.
The book of Edward O. Wilson is a must, not this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Galactic Internet - A Stroke of Genius
Comment: This book is a strange mix of great ideas, written with Ferris' typical professionalism. The red line is a little bit obscured at times, which leaves the reader at the end with a mixed feeling like "hey, great, but what was it all about, again?". However, the book deserves 5 stars even if it had only one chapter, I refer to "The central nervous system of the Milky Way Galaxy". He could also have called it "The Galactic Internet", a wonderful idea how to connect intelligent life despite the gaps in time and space. It gives hope that one day we may know something more than our local perspective about the place we inhabit.
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Title: Coming of Age in the Milky Way by TIMOTHY FERRIS ISBN: 0385263260 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe by Timothy Ferris ISBN: 068801836X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 23 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The WHOLE SHEBANG : A STATE OF THE UNIVERSE S REPORT by Timothy Ferris ISBN: 0684838613 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 06 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Seeing in the Dark : How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe by Timothy Ferris ISBN: 0684865807 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Life Beyond Earth by Timothy Ferris ISBN: 0684849372 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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