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Seed magazine brings together a unique gathering of prominent scientists, artists, novelists, philosophers and other thinkers who are tearing down the wall between science and culture.

We are on the cusp of a twenty-first-century scientific renaissance. Science is driving our culture and conversation unlike ever before, transforming the social, political, economic, aesthetic, and intellectual landscape of our time. Today, science is culture. As global issues--like energy and health--become increasingly interconnected, and as our curiosities--like how the mind works or why the universe is expanding--become more complex, we need a new way of looking at the world that blurs the lines between scientific disciplines and the borders between the sciences and the arts and humanities.

In this spirit, the award-winning science magazine Seed has paired scientists with nonscientists to explore ideas of common interest to us all. This book is the result of these illuminating Seed Salon conversations, edited and with an introduction by Seed founder and editor in chief Adam Bly. Science Is Culture includes:

E. O. Wilson + Daniel C. DennetSteven Pinker + Rebecca GoldsteinNoam Chomsky + Robert TriversDavid Byrne + Daniel LevitinJonathan Lethem + Janna LevinBenoit Mandelbrot + Paola AntonelliLisa Randall + Chuck HobermanMichel Gondry + Robert StickgoldAlan Lightman + Richard ColtonLaurie David + Stephen SchneiderTom Wolfe + Michael GazzanigaMarc Hauser + Errol Morris

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Introduction p. vii 
Evolutionary Philosophy p. 1 
The Problems of Consciousness p. 23 
Time p. 43 
On Design p. 61 
Objectivity and the Image p. 75 
Climate Politics p. 89 
War and Deceit p. 103 
On Dreams p. 117 
The Truth of Fiction p. 131 
On Music p. 147 
On Shape p. 163 
On Artifacts p. 177 
Who Makes Science? p. 193 
What Is Human? p. 209 
Fractal Architecture p. 225 
Morality p. 239 
Free Will p. 255 
Evolution, Creativity, and Future Life p. 269 
Complex Networks, Feedback Loops, and the Cities of the Future p. 283 
Social Networks p. 297 
The Physics of Infinity p. 313 
Smarter Infrastructure p. 329 
Acknowledgments p. 345 
Index p. 347 
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