{"product_id":"closer-to-truth-science-meaning-and-the-future-hardcover","title":"Closer To Truth: Science, Meaning, and the Future - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Kuhn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore the latest scientific research, philosophical thinking, and expressions of human creativity. Some of the world's most esteemed experts--Nobel laureates, best-selling authors, and renowned scholars--engage in spontaneous and intimate conversations that combine hard facts with an inspiring, and breathtaking, look into our future. Based on the public television program of the same name, \u003ci\u003eCloser To Truth\u003c\/i\u003e features distinguished specialists who forcefully debate provocative subjects that have broad ramifications for the population at large: Who gets to validate alternative medicine? How does basic science support national security? Can we believe in both religion and science? At the heart is the question: how will scientific advances and the philosophical issues they create affect the individual as well as humanity as a whole? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloser To Truth: Science, Meaning, and the Future\u003c\/i\u003e explores the latest scientific research, philosophical thinking, and expressions of human creativity. Some of the world's most esteemed experts--Nobel laureates, best-selling authors, and renowned scholars--engage in spontaneous and intimate conversations that combine hard facts with an inspiring--and breathtaking--look into our future. Based on the public television program of the same name, \u003ci\u003eCloser To Truth\u003c\/i\u003e features distinguished specialists who forcefully debate provocative subjects that have broad ramifications for the population at large: Who gets to validate alternative medicine? How does basic science support national security? Can we believe in both religion and science? At the heart is the question: how will scientific advances and the philosophical issues they create affect the individual as well as humanity as a whole? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether the subject is the meaning of human consciousness, the ethics of testing experimental drugs on sick people, scientific thinking versus religious beliefs, or how music may help mental development, \u003ci\u003eCloser To Truth\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers exciting new lines of inquiry and offers fresh perspectives. Participants include Nobel laureates Murray Gell-Mann and David Baltimore; authors Michael Crichton, Octavia Butler, and David Brin; astrophysicists Alan Guth and Neil deGrasse Tyson; planetary scientist Bruce Murray; physicist Steven Koonin; quantum theorist Seth Lloyd; molecular biologist Lucy Shapiro; neuroscientists Nancy Andreasen, Terry Sejnowski, and Christof Koch; psychiatrist Leslie Brothers; \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e's Robert Epstein; musicologists Jeanne Bamberger and Robert Freeman; ethicist Alexander Capron; skeptic Michael Shermer; theologian Nancey Murphy; and Islamic scientist Muzaffar Iqbal.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROBERT LAWRENCE KUHN\u003c\/b\u003e is the creator and host of the \u003ci\u003eCloser To Truth\u003c\/i\u003e television series. Dr. Kuhn holds a doctorate in brain research and is an international investment banker and corporate strategist. He is Senior Advisor to Citigroup Investment Banking and Senior Partner of IMG, the world's premier sports, entertainment and media company, and the chairman of the Kuhn Foundation. Since 1989 he has been advising the Chinese government in economic policy, media and entertainment policy, mergers and acquisitions, science and technology, cultural exchanges, and international communications. Dr. Kuhn is the author or editor of 25 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography that was China's best-selling book in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 9.31 x 6.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42111581716560,"sku":"9780275993894","price":129.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/UjRWNVJaMzlNdzNOc2xDQXJEWitxdz09.webp?v=1772592395","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/closer-to-truth-science-meaning-and-the-future-hardcover","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}