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The Animate and the Inanimate by William...

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The Animate and the Inanimate by William James Sidis audiobook. Genre: science In The Animate and the Inanimate, William James Sidis offers an ambitious and highly unusual exploration of one of science's oldest questions: what truly separates living things from nonliving matter? Drawing on thermodynamics, cosmology, chemistry, and evolutionary thought, Sidi ... Show More
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