Biology and the riddle of life /

Biology and the riddle of life /

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Author / Creator:	Birch, Charles, 1918-
Imprint:	Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, ©1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 158 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Biology -- Philosophy. Life (Biology) Biology -- Philosophy. Life (Biology) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11112733

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ISBN:	0585350671 9780585350677 9780585350671
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"What is life? What does it means to be alive? Is the Earth a super-organism? Is God necessary? In Biology and the Riddle of Life Charles Birch confronts these fundamental questions at a time when such topics as genetic engineering, cloning and ecology have been prominent in the news. Birch confronts the impression that modern biology has answers to all that there is to be known about life. We need to move towards an understanding of living creatures as subjects, and not only as objects, in order to probe life's hidden secrets - what it is to be alive, what it is to experience pain, and what it is to be in love. The answer must include the meaning of life for us as individuals. Birch proposes a new perspective to bring subject and object together. This is the black box he has opened."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Birch, Charles, 1918- Biology and the riddle of life. Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, ©1999 0868407852

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Summary:	Birch (University of Sydney) provides an optimistic rethinking of both science and religion that will allow each to expand its contribution to the study of life. He confronts questions such as the meaning of life, the Earth as a superorganism, and the necessity of God, arguing that while biology can explain the objective aspects of life, it has been unable to deal with subjective phenomena. He proposes a new perspective to bring subject and object together. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 158 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index.
ISBN:	0585350671 9780585350677 9780585350671