The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

by Jeremy Narby

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This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribunesaid might herald "a Copernican revolution for the life sciences," leads the reader through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge.In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpentreveals how startlingly different the world around us appears when we open our minds to it.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780874779646
ISBN10	0874779642
Series/Work	OL2717593W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	TarcherPerigee
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

Ashaninca Indians DNA Drug use Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes Ethnobotany Ethnology Ethnology, north america Ethnology, south america Field work Fieldwork Genetics Hallucinogenic drugs Indians of north america, culture Indians of South America Indians of south america, culture Knowledge, Theory of Life Sciences - Biochemistry Life Sciences - Biology - General Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics Miscellanea

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