There is an unstated but real gothic terror prowling behind his vision. Eiseley is a master of significant anecdote. “A relentless, haunting, and haunted figure devils the man and twists from him some of the best prose we have. As Western civilization attains new heights of scientific awareness and technological skill, he asks, is it also blind to its own limits and destructive capacities? Always a fond observer of the natural world, Eiseley makes a newly urgent, environmentalist plea in The Invisible Pyramid: we must protect the fragile “world island” against our unchecked power to pollute and consume it. That childhood event contributed to the profound sense of time and space that marks The Invisible Pyramid. The boy who became a famous naturalist was never again to see the spectacle except in his imagination. In this brilliant collection, he considers the cosmological significance and ultimate meanings of our evolutionary history, offering a series of profound, lyrical meditations on the origins and possible futures of humankind against the backdrop of the Apollo landings. The Invisible Pyramid In 1910 young Loren Eiseley watched the passage of Halleys Comet with his father. To read Loren Eiseley is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. A revered ecologist and conservationist examines the origins and possible futures of humankind within the context of the Space Age, masterfully “ the awesome spectacle of our environmental crisis” ( New York Times Book Review)
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