<DIV>In an era of global warming, natural disasters, endangered species, and devastating pollution, contemporary writing on the environment largely focuses on doomsday scenarios. Eben Kirksey suggests we reject such apocalyptic thinking and instead find possibilities in the wreckage of ongoing disasters, as symbiotic associations of opportunistic plants, animals, and microbes are flourishing in unexpected places. <I>Emergent Ecologies</I> uses artwork and contemporary philosophy to illustrate hopeful opportunities and reframe key problems in conservation biology such as invasive species, extinction, environmental management, and reforestation. Following the flight of capital and nomadic forms of life—through fragmented landscapes of Panama, Costa Rica, and the United States—Kirksey explores how chance encounters, historical accidents, and parasitic invasions have shaped present and future multispecies communities. New generations of thinkers and tinkerers are learning how t
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An anthropologist visits the frontiers of genetics, medicine, and technology to ask: whose values are guiding gene-editing experiments, and what are the implications for humanity?
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Tusenvis av mennesker har hatt nær døden-opplevelser, men forskere mener at opplevelsene kun skyldes fantasier. Eben Alexander, en høyt utdannet nevrokirurg, var en av disse. Han visste at nær døden-opplevelser føles ekte, men at de er fantasier...
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Da legen Eben Alexander i <em>Himmelen finnes</em> fortalte historien om sin nær døden-opplevelse og den livaktige reisen til den andre siden, skrev mange lesere til ham for å fortelle at boken vekket en dyp gjenklang i dem. Han forstod...
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING ACCOUNT OF A NEUROSURGEON'S OWN NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE.Internationally acclaimed neurosurgeon Dr Eben Alexander always considered himself a man of science. His unwavering belief in evidence-based medicine fuelled...
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