The Invisible Pyramid
A Library of America eBook Classic
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, Philosophy & Social Aspects
| Author: | Loren Eiseley | ISBN: | 9781598535464 |
| Publisher: | Library of America | Publication: | November 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Library of America | Language: | English |
| Author: | Loren Eiseley |
| ISBN: | 9781598535464 |
| Publisher: | Library of America |
| Publication: | November 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Library of America |
| Language: | English |
To read Loren Eiseley is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. In this brilliant collection he considers the cosmological significance and ultimate meanings of our evolutionary history, offering a series of profound, lyrical meditations on the origins and possible futures of humankind against the backdrop of the Apollo landings. As Western civilization attains new heights of scientific awareness and technological skill, he asks, is it also blind to its own limits and destructive capacities? Always a fond observer of the natural world, Eiseley makes a newly urgent, environmentalist plea in The Invisible Pyramid: we must protect the fragile “world island” against our unchecked power to pollute and consume it.
To read Loren Eiseley is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. In this brilliant collection he considers the cosmological significance and ultimate meanings of our evolutionary history, offering a series of profound, lyrical meditations on the origins and possible futures of humankind against the backdrop of the Apollo landings. As Western civilization attains new heights of scientific awareness and technological skill, he asks, is it also blind to its own limits and destructive capacities? Always a fond observer of the natural world, Eiseley makes a newly urgent, environmentalist plea in The Invisible Pyramid: we must protect the fragile “world island” against our unchecked power to pollute and consume it.
