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Forty years ago, Francis Crick, along with
James Watson, made history with the discovery of the structure
of DNA, forever changing our understanding of life itself.
Now Crick is once again at the frontier of scientific discovery,
turning his attention to the mysteries of human consciousness.
Bent on deciphering the complexities of
the brain, Crick maps out the neurobiology of vision. The
result is a cogent, witty, and richly detailed analysis
of how the brain "sees," and a daring exploration
of some of the most fundamental questions of human existence:
Do we have free will? What exactly is it that makes us sentient
beings and different from other animals? Is there such a
thing as a soul, or are we nothing more than an immensely
complex collection of neurons?
In this groundbreaking, provocative work,
Francis Crick challenges the very foundations of current
scientific, philosophical, and religious thought.
Francis Crick is the British physicist
and biochemist who collaborated with James D. Watson in
the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, for which
they received the Nobel Prize in 1962. He is the author
of What Mad Pursuit, Life Itself, and Of
Molecules and Men. Dr. Crick lectures widely all over
the world to both professional and lay audiences, and is
a Distinguished Research Professor at The Salk Institute
in La Jolla, California.
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