About this title: This book develops the revolutionary theory that behaviour and social systems are not only governed by immutable and mechanistic laws, which is the traditional viewpoint, but also by habits transmitted by nature's inherent memory. Rupert Sheldrake's hypothesis is that all natural systems from crystals to man inherit a collective memory of their kind. Thus, rabbits are rabbit-shaped not only because their DNA encodes their proteins, but also because nature has a "morphic field", in their case, a rabbit-habit, that informs their growth and instinctive behaviour. This inherent memory depends on ...
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Description: Acceptable. 1989-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780812916669ISBN:0812916662
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Nice clean book overall. Top edge foxed. DJ has just minor wear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 391 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 1988-02-12
ISBN-13:9780812916669ISBN:0812916662
Description: Good in Very Good- jacket. Solid copy with pencil underlining throughout. Still very readable. Tiny dot of coffee on bottom edge of first page and inside front cover. Publisher-repaired cloth on cover and spine-a wide piece of tape was placed over cloth splice and spine title was stamped on tape and cloth. Odd, but it works. Binding is firm and square. Light wear to cover corners and spine ends. Jacket has surface and edge wear, no tears. Good copy for personal use. Items selling for $7 or ... read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York: Random House
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780394759906ISBN:0394759907
Description: Very Good. Remainder Very Good; soft cover; remainder line top of pp. stated first thus; clean inside and out. Challenges fundamental assumptions about the way the cosmos works and old views of nature. Central notion is the idea of the transmission of forms and behavi ors through repetition in time. Many examples of the biochemist author's theory. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Times Books
Date Published: 1988-02-12
ISBN-13:9780812916669ISBN:0812916662
Description: Very Good + in Very Good jacket. Clean, solid copy with no writing, highlighting, marks, or creased page corners. Small plain white sticker on front end paper. Binding solid. Top cover corners square, bottom corners and spine ends barely bumped. Jacket has surface rubbing, very little edge wear. No tears, not price clipped. A very good copy overall. Items selling for $7 or more ship bubble wrapped and boxed; under $7 in a bubble mailer. All items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Times Books, NY
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780812916669ISBN:0812916662
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Copy has tiny spot on bfep, scant yellow highlighting first half of book, rubbing, dj has rubbing, price clipped. Challenging the fundamental assumptions of modern science, this ground breaking radical hypothesis suggest that nature itself has memory. The question of morphogenesis-how things take their shape remains one of the great mysteries os science. Sheldrake lays out the evidence for, and implications of, his provocative hypothesis. ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth/boards
Publisher: Times Books, New York
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780812916669ISBN:0812916662
Description: Tall octavo. xxii + 392 pages. Illustrated with figures. Notes. References. Glossary. Index. Slight stains on fore-edge, spine cracked at title page, else a very good copy in a lightly worn else very good dust jacket with a mylar cover. read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Cloth Spine Emblem Boards
Publisher: Times Books, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780812916669ISBN:0812916662
Description: Very Good in Very Good Price Intact jacket. 9 1/2 X 6 1/4. Pages are tight, bright & clean. Binding firm and straight, sewn signatures. No apparent reading wear. Boards, spine, edges and corners good+. If needed for reference, research, analysis, lucubration & dissertation or just enjoyment, this is the one. 391 pages, epilogue, notes, references & index. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector sleeve. B/W figures illustrate. read more
Description: Fine. 0812916662 Inscription signed by author, Excellent Condition, ** Satisfaction Guaranteed ** Orders ship same or next business day. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fontana, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780006374664ISBN:0006374662
Description: Paperback octavo, good condition only, figures, owner's written name, slight wear to spine, edgewear, small stain bottom corner of cover & most pages, faint foxing top edge. 391 pp. Rupert Sheldrake's explosive scientific theory provides a new and radical solution to the conundrums of life. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Fontana, London
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780006374664ISBN:0006374662
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 392pp, b&w illus, notes, references, glossary, index. Trade format paperback in very good condition. Sheldrake's theory of 'formative causation' or the inherent memory that involves action in both space and time. read more
Binding: Hardcover + DJ
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 1988
Description: Ex library copy with usual stamps, stickers and barcode, otherwise very good book in very good unclipped and protected dustjacket. 391 pages. The author believes that memory is inherent in nature. He suggests that all natural systems, from crystals to termites to rabbits, inherit a collective memory of their kind. In this book he lays out the evidence for, and the implications of his provocative hypothesis. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fontana, London
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780006374664ISBN:0006374662
Description: Near Fine. 8vo. Signed by Author SIGNED on the front endpaper "Rupert Sheldrake-1992". Unread copy which now shows signs of slightest shelfwear. Provides a new and radical solution to the conundrums of life-exploring the theory that all natural things inherit a collective memory of their kind. 391 pages including index. Next post UK dispatch. read more
"This is simply fascinating, i was so engrossed in it even though it is way over my head. Here is a random sentence: "On the hypothesis of formative causation, the reason we have our own memories is that we are more similar to ourselves in the past than we are to anyone else; we are subject to a highly specific self-resonance from our own previous states.""
"Sheldrake's work on morphic fields is ground-breaking. His theory on formative causation casts an interesting light on why animals instinctively know how to do things like build nests, migrate, repair hives or homes, etc. It is also useful in explaining why human beings learn more rapidly now than they used to. And that is just a small scratch on the surface of the incredible content in this book. If you're interested in looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the mechanistic world view and also of evolution as a theory to explain the ongoing creativity occuring in our universe, you have to read this book. Metaphysics aren't left out, and God as the author of the universe is also a distinct possibility. It's dense, but worth reading, in my opinion."
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