Calling society and the scientific community to a new understanding of the universe, The Awakening of the Conscious Universe , by Marcelo Gleiser, is a remarkable manifesto for the survival of humanity and our rare planet.
Ever since Copernicus removed Earth from the center of the universe, humanity has increasingly found itself adrift, an insignificant speck in a cold immensity. Today, we consider that the more we learn about the universe, the less relevant we become, when it should be just the opposite.
In The Awakening of the Conscious Universe , Marcelo Gleiser, internationally renowned physicist and astronomer, winner of the 2019 Templeton Prize, argues that if we want to save our civilization project, we need to reinvent our relationship with life and the planet.
Examining the history of life on Earth and the possibility of life on other planets with clarity and authority, the author argues that we are using the wrong paradigm regarding our place. We must embrace a biocentric perspective—one that centers life and recognizes the rarity of our planet in a universe hostile to life.
This new paradigm rethinks Enlightenment ideals and proposes a new moral compass for humanity, united in the same mission: the preservation of Earth, the planet where, through the human voice, the universe tells its own story.
By proposing a "Manifesto for the Future of Humanity," Gleiser suggests an action plan that includes steps to ensure the survival of our civilization on a planet with limited resources. Whether these steps will be sufficient to reorient our current trajectory will depend on each of us.
"Marcelo Gleiser argues that the only hope we have of addressing the current environmental crisis is to rethink our relationship to history and the entire cosmos. The Awakening of the Conscious Universe is a bold and sincere work. Its message is alarming, but ultimately optimistic." Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sixth Extinction
In his newest book, " The Awakening of the Conscious Universe ," renowned and award-winning Brazilian physicist Marcelo Gleiser offers a true treatise on life and how we relate to it. The discovery of new worlds, the search for life in the universe, the mysteries of life, and the lessons we learn from the only life we know—can all these discussions inform us about how we relate to the universe? Are we relating to it in the best way possible? This is what you will discover in the pages of the newest work by one of the greatest physicists in history. Sérgio Sacani Sancevero, geophysicist and founder of the SpaceToday channel
