Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science
"Utterly astounding . . . there’s hardly a paragraph that couldn’t spawn a scholarly conference. Or a sleepless acid night." —David Lenson, author ofOn Drugs"Profound, elegant, and funny, Cosmic Apprentice is a treat for anyone who likes to think—that is, for any true member of the Craniata, equipped with both brains and backbones!" —Greg Bear"A brief read through the dedication and I was hooked! A first taste on the tongue of the delicious menu of science, philosophy, and just plain astute observations of Life in the Anthropocene found within. Part poet, part class clown, and part magician, Dorion Sagan spreads his prose before us like a gourmet chef of thought. He is a worthy differentiated clone of his parents, but more critically he is a highly original microbial colony in his own right." —Penny Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology and the National Cave & Karst Research Institute