Andreas Weber

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The Biology of Wonder

Aliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science

In The Biology of Wonder author Andreas Weber proposes a new approach to the biological sciences that puts the human back in nature. He argues that feelings and emotions, far from being … 336 View
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Towards a Poetic Ecology

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In the introduction, Weber discusses attempts to separate emotions and nature in the science of biology, and how modern researchers are rejecting this earlier paradigm. 14 $1.40 Add
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The Desire for Life

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The author discusses his scientific education, and how he felt that something was lacking in the overly mechanistic conception of life in biology. 19 $1.90 Add
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The Machine That Can Die

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In this chapter, the author explores "holistic biology," which considers both bodily and inner experiences as biological phenomena. 34 $3.40 Add
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The Physics of Creation

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In this chapter, Weber examines how complex natural patterns reveal the interrelated nature of life and the anorganic environment. 18 $1.80 Add
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World Inscape

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This chapter discusses how emotions are embodied, and how the inward feelings of organisms are accessible through their bodily presence. 20 $2.00 Add
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Affective Neuroscience

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This chapter probes the links between subjective experience, consciousness, and the body. 30 $3.00 Add
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The Question in the Eyes of the Wolf

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In this chapter, the author describes his journey to study the Ethiopian wolf; this story is the basis for Weber’s meditation on the connections between living beings. 21 $2.10 Add
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Learning to Think

Mirroring the Other

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This chapter explores cognition in infants, toddlers, and animals. 30 $3.00 Add
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Melody of the Soul

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In this chapter, Weber explores natural beauty through birdsong and music 25 $2.50 Add
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The Principle of Beauty

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In this chapter, the author provides a critique of the Darwinian notion of "nature as a survival machine." 32 $3.20 Add
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The Body of the Sea

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This chapter explores why we must focus on a multiplicity of species to understand the enigma of life. 19 $1.90 Add
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Not One, But All

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This chapter examines the connections between microbial ecosystems in the ocean and human symbiosis with microbes. 20 $2.00 Add
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The Silvery Sea

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In this chapter, Weber explores metaphorphosis, and the idea that juvenile forms of animals may actually belong to different species than adults. 17 $1.70 Add
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Ethics

The Values of the Flesh

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This chapter describes the author’s experiences experimenting on living animals, which he terms "crushing the irresistable magic of life." 26 $2.60 Add
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Enlivenment

Ecological Morals as Mutuality in Beauty

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In the concluding chapter, Weber proposes a series of biocentric values. 15 $1.50 Add