Therefore Choose Life: The Found Massey Lectures

by George Wald

Other authorsLewis Auerbach (Introduction)
Paperback, 1970

Status

Available

Call number

303.48

Publication

House of Anansi Press (2017), 104 pages

Description

"All men, everywhere, have asked the same questions: Whence we come, what kind of thing we are, and at least some intimation of what may become of us . . ." So begins Nobel Prize-winning scientist George Wald's 1970 Massey Lectures, now in print for the first time ever. Where did we come from, who are we, and what is to become of us -- these questions have never been more urgent. Then, as now, the world is facing major political and social upheaval, from overpopulation to nuclear warfare to environmental degradation and the uses and abuses of technology. Using scientific fact as metaphor, Wald meditates on our place, and role, on Earth and in the universe. He urges us to therefore choose life -- to invest in our capabilities as human beings, to heed the warnings of our own self-destruction, and above all to honour our humanity.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Neil_Luvs_Books
This set of lectures may have been insightful when first delivered in 1970 but much of the thinking in these areas has developed considerably since then.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

104 p.; 5 inches

ISBN

1487003382 / 9781487003388

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