Title: 7,000 Million Degrees of Freedom: One Earth, Seven Billion Worlds
Author: Sehdev Kumar
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 978-1-5320-6476-0
Genre: Philosophy
Pages: 237
Synopsis
Personal meditations on the wondrous and exalted idea of Freedom in all its rich and varied fecundity. Now with over 7,000 million of us on this earth, what could freedom possibly mean for us as earthlings, and as dreaming creatures always asking at every bend in the road about the meaning and purpose of our lives, and the yearning to cut the rope and be free?
About the Author
Sehdev Kumar is professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo in Canada. A bioethicist and a historian of science and of international films, he now lives in the Himalayas and in the international community of Auroville in South India. He also lectures at the University of Toronto and the Life Institute at Ryerson University. His recent books are Matters of Life and Death: Reflections on Bioethics, Law, and the Human Destiny; The Vision of Kabir; and How’s and Why’s of an Unexpected Universe. Dr. Kumar also writes a weekly column, “Ideas and Beliefs,” in Canada.
