The Cosmic Serpent
DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
Seiten
1998
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-0-575-06614-4 (ISBN)
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-0-575-06614-4 (ISBN)
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First published in 1998, this is an adventure in science and imagination. Narby researched the Peruvian Indians' claim that their phenomenal knowledge of plants and biochemical interactions was communicated to them directly whilst under the influence of the plant-derived hallucinogen and concludes that those claims are literally true.
This is an adventure in science and imagination which tracks a young French anthropologist through the Amazonian rain forests, the libraries of Europe and the world's most arcane scientific journals, following strange clues, intuitions and extraordinary coincidences, to reveal scientific data. The beginning of Narby's exploration lay with the Peruvian Indians, who claim that their knowledge of chemistry has its origins in plant-induced hallucinations. He also demonstrates that indigenous and ancient peoples have known for millennia, and have even drawn, the double-helix structure, something conventional science discovered only in 1953. The book opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology and the limits of rationalism.
This is an adventure in science and imagination which tracks a young French anthropologist through the Amazonian rain forests, the libraries of Europe and the world's most arcane scientific journals, following strange clues, intuitions and extraordinary coincidences, to reveal scientific data. The beginning of Narby's exploration lay with the Peruvian Indians, who claim that their knowledge of chemistry has its origins in plant-induced hallucinations. He also demonstrates that indigenous and ancient peoples have known for millennia, and have even drawn, the double-helix structure, something conventional science discovered only in 1953. The book opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology and the limits of rationalism.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.1998 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 144 x 222 mm |
| Gewicht | 488 g |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-575-06614-8 / 0575066148 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-575-06614-4 / 9780575066144 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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