| A History of Space: The Pearly Gates from Dante of Cyberspace to the Internet Contributor(s): Wertheim, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393320537 ISBN-13: 9780393320534 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2000 Annotation: Cyberspace may seem an unlikely gateway for the soul, but as science commentator Wertheim argues in this "wonderfully provocative" ("Kirkus Reviews") book, cyberspace has in recent years become a repository for immense spiritual yearning. 37 illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 98-38200 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.55" W x 8.23" (0.85 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: But as science commentator Margaret Wertheim argues in this marvelously provocative (Kirkus Reviews) book, cyberspace has in recent years become a repository for immense spiritual yearning. Wertheim explores the mapping of spiritual desire onto digitized space and suggests that the modem today has become a metaphysical escape-hatch from a materialism that many people find increasingly dissatisfying. Cyberspace opens up a collective space beyond the laws of physics-a space where mind rather than matter reigns. This strange refuge returns us to an almost medieval dualism between a physical space of body and an immaterial space of mind and psyche. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wertheim, Margaret: - Margaret Wertheim is a science journalist and commentator and author of the book Pythagoras' Trousers. |