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В эту книгу вошли девять лекций по естественной теологии, которые астрофизик Карл Саган читал в 1985 году в Университете Глазго, в Шотландии, и которые были отредактированы и изданы уже после смерти ученого.

Предлагаем читателю сборник статей видного американского ученого-гуманиста, востоковеда Пола Каруса (1852-1919), посвященного теме Древнего Китая. Здесь он описывает И-Цзин и другие методы прорицаний, пять китайских элементов (воду, огонь, дерево, метал и землю), китайский зодиак, системы Фэн-шуй и Лопань, изобретение магнитного компаса и персонификацию созвездий. В данном сборнике Карус приводит древние, близкие к восточным, параллели и предлагает по некоторым аспектам спорный тезис взаимного проникновения идей – как, например, в случае с календарной системой. Это эссе служит неплохим введением к указанным темам и содержит многочисленные иллюстрации и таблицы, детально поясняющие текст.

Впервые на русском языке! Беспрецедентное исследование тайны зарождения жизни на Земле, объединившее все известные теории – от божественного вмешательства до генной инженерии. Откуда появилась жизнь на Земле? Кто создал человека? Узнали ли авторы истину или человечеству и дальше предстоит ломать голову над вопросами мироздания? Читайте, и узнаете.