The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul

Traditionally, the human soul is regarded as a nonphysical concept that can only be examined by psychiatrist and theologists. In his new book, the Astonishing Hypotheses, Nobel laureate Francis Crick boldly straddles the line between science and spirituality by examining the soul from the standpoint of a modern scientist, basing the soul's existence and functions on an in-depth examination of how the human brain "see." SC, 317 pages.