Rupert Sheldrake, Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery, 2013 Publisher: Deepak Chopra (September 3, 2013) Release Date: September 3, 2013 Language: English Paperback: 400 pages Unused, beautiful copy. [Publisher's Introduction] "Science Set Free" (published in the UK as "The Science Delusion" and highly acclaimed) is a book in which Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most original scientists, reveals how science has been constrained by assumptions that have been taken for granted over the years and have turned into rigid "dogmas." These dogmas not only hinder the development of science but are even dangerous for the future of humanity. According to these principles, everything in reality is material and physical, the world is nothing more than a machine made of inanimate matter, nature has no purpose, consciousness is merely the physical activity of the brain, free will is an illusion, and God exists only as an idea in the human mind, confined within the skull. But should science be a belief system, or should it be a method of inquiry? Sheldrake shows that the materialistic ideology has already reached an impasse. Under its dominance, research is becoming increasingly expensive, yet its results are diminishing, and societies around the world are paying the price. Based on a truly scientific spirit of skepticism, Sheldrake transforms the ten basic dogmas of materialism into stimulating questions. And he shows that all of them open up the possibility of amazing new discoveries. "Science Set Free" is a book that will fundamentally change your view of "what is real and what is possible."