The Nature of Things
The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects
Published on 14. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-89281-408-4 (ISBN)
Description
Watson explores the subtle forces of memory fields and suggests that matter has the capacity to absorb emotional “fingerprints,” the mental fossils that channel echoes from the past. He demonstrates the complexity of inanimate life and offers possible proof of our sensitivity to its minute, natural patterns of energy.
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Edition
Original edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester, VT
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89281-408-4 (9780892814084)
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Person
With doctorates in anthropology and ethology (animal behavior) and additional degrees in botany, chemistry, geology, geography, marine biology, and ecology, Lyall Watson (1939-2008) logically investigated illogical events. He spoke nine languages and worked as the Seychelles commissioner for the International Whaling Commission and as assistant to Raymond Dart, the distinguished South African paleontologist.
Content
The Nature of Things
The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects
Introduction The Thing Is...
1. The Nature of Things
2. The Origin of Things
3. Taking Things Seriously
4. The Social Life of Things
5. Things Like Us
6. From Things to Machines
7. The Ghost in the Machine
Conclusion ...and Another Thing
Sources
Index
The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects
Introduction The Thing Is...
1. The Nature of Things
2. The Origin of Things
3. Taking Things Seriously
4. The Social Life of Things
5. Things Like Us
6. From Things to Machines
7. The Ghost in the Machine
Conclusion ...and Another Thing
Sources
Index