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Pasaulis protaujančių žmonių akimis: mokslo populiarinimo šedevras
The World in the Eyes of Thinking People: A Masterpiece of Popular Science

Author(s): Mykolas Jurgis Drunga
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Lithuanian Literature
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Christopher S. Baird; Lina Basel-Salmon; Bodhi Dhamma Zenji; Viktorija Daujotytė-Pakerienė; Mykolas Drunga; David Grossman; Kamyar Hedayat; Nomeda Kazlaus; Holger Lahayne; Gabija Laubner; Zvi Leshem;

Summary/Abstract: In this deliberately provocative book the business executive, medical doctor, and gentleman scholar Ignas Staškevičius carries on remarkable conversations with 22 local and international luminaries from various intellectual fields on topics of his and / or their choosing. These include astrophysics, high energy physics, the fundamentals of physics, Tibetan Buddhism, Tantric meditation, Zen Buddhism, Hebrew mysticism, Reformed Christianity, Transpersonal psychology, anthropology, philosophy, music, broadcasting, novel writing, literature in Israel and other countries, forecasting the future, endobiogenic medicine, genetics, molecular biology, neuroeconomics, biochemistry, and reanimatology. The book ends with a lively dispute about whether we can see into the past.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 78
  • Page Range: 153-196
  • Page Count: 44
  • Language: Lithuanian