Modern Myths

We no longer think, as the ancient Chinese did, that the world emerged from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it was formed when two lovers were wrested from each other's arms; We solve the mysteries of the functioning of the universe with physics. Science is a great achievement, but are we really wiser than the ancients? Has science solved the mystery of fate and immortality? Did He give us tools to protect ourselves from jealousy or to be loved by others?

Today, we search for the truth through science, but we cannot help but listen to mythology. Oren Harman goes one step further and establishes a closer relationship between science and mythology. She uses the relationship between the Moon and the Earth to construct a cosmological view of motherhood; explains the emergence of sex and death into the world with the panic of a mitochondria; It describes the loneliness of consciousness based on the memory of the octopus and attributes the emergence of language in the process of evolution to man's test with the truth.

Science may not have solved the mystery of existence, but like the oldest myths, its fascinating discoveries enable us to continue the never-ending search for truth.

“In this bravely, wisely and humanely written book, Oren Harman creates myths that embellish explanations of the universe, thus continuing the ancient human habit of encoding our deepest perceptions of truth..."

-Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 232

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Print Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1st Edition