Original sentence: By presenting the viewpoints of numerous prominent scientists, Sheldrake says that science is not monolithic but involves two distinct strands of thought, one that posits an essentially constant physical reality governed by eternal laws and the other that posits an evolutionary universe in which static "laws" are seen to be more like rules or habits, capable of evolving along with the tendencies they govern.He says that the means by which a complex organism emerges from a seed or an egg remains a mystery, and he argues that the best route for solving this mystery is via the concept of non-material regions of influence known as organizing fields or "morphogenetic fields.Sheldrake's second book expands on the first
Edited sentence: By presenting the viewpoints of numerous prominent scientists, Sheldrake makes the case that science is not monolithic but involves two distinct strands of thought, one that posits an essentially constant physical reality governed by eternal laws and the other that posits an evolutionary universe in which static "laws" are seen to be more like rules or habits, capable of evolving along with the tendencies they govern.He establishes that the means by which a complex organism emerges from a seed or an egg remains a mystery, and he argues that the best route for solving this mystery is via the concept of non-material regions of influence known as organizing fields or "morphogenetic fields.Sheldrake's second book expands on the first, placing his theory in historical context, providing further evidence for it and demonstrating its wide-ranging explanatory efficacy.With The Presence of the Past, Sheldrake provides a compelling, fully testable scientific theory of inherent memory in nature