Background
Ford, Brian J. was born on May 13, 1939, in Corsham, Wiltshire, England.
(Mankind is unique. Our senses, our emotions and our sophi...)
Mankind is unique. Our senses, our emotions and our sophisticated way of life set us apart from other life forms. Animals cannot feel pain, so we are told. Goldfish have an attention span of only two seconds, that's why they swim around the tank. Plants are just a mass of tissue, without sense of their surroundings. We believe that only humans dream, and our species is unique in its ability to fall in love, create a home, experience passion. Here is a gripping new thesis that demolishes such views. Here we learn that life in all its glorious variety is rich with sensation and birds, even fish can mourn for lost love. We encounter an all-embracing new vision of life for a new era. In an era when concern for animal welfare is so dramatically visible, this book offers a revolution in popular attitudes. Never again will we feel so infinitely superior to the other species with whom we share the planet.
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(Mankind is unique. Our senses, our emotions and our sophi...)
Mankind is unique. Our senses, our emotions and our sophisticated way of life set us apart from other life forms. Animals cannot feel pain, so we are told. Goldfish have an attention span of only two seconds, that's why they swim around the tank. Plants are just a mass of tissue, without sense of their surroundings. We believe that only humans dream, and our species is unique in its ability to fall in love, create a home, experience passion. Here is a gripping new thesis that demolishes such views. Here we learn that life in all its glorious variety is rich with sensation and birds, even fish can mourn for lost love. We encounter an all-embracing new vision of life for a new era. In an era when concern for animal welfare is so dramatically visible, this book offers a revolution in popular attitudes. Never again will we feel so infinitely superior to the other species with whom we share the planet.
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Ford, Brian J. was born on May 13, 1939, in Corsham, Wiltshire, England.
Student, King's School, Peterborough. Student, Cardiff University, England.
Member court University Cardiff, 1982-1987, 91—, fellow, since 1986. Lecturer British Council division Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1978, Inter Micro, Chicago, since 1969. Board directors National Science Center, 1995-98, McCrone Research Institute, Chicago, since 1994.
Fellow University Cardiff, 1986, member court governors, 1984. Fellow Institute Biology, 1984, member council, 1996-1999, member public relations committee, since 1998, chairman history biology sector, since 1989. Fellow Linnean Society London, 1980, member library committee, 1986, honorary surveyor of science instruments, since 1996.
Member council Cambridge Society for Application of Research, since 1996. Fellow Cambridge University Philosophical Society, Cambridge University, since 1989. Member advisory board McCrone Research Institute, Chicago, since 1995.
(The book describes Ford's extraordinary disclosures. 181 ...)
(The mating urge and our sexual future. dw 1979 205pp)
(Mankind is unique. Our senses, our emotions and our sophi...)
(Mankind is unique. Our senses, our emotions and our sophi...)
Fellow Royal Micros. Society, Institute Biology (chairman history committee since 1989, public policy committee since 1993, council since 1995), Cambridge Philosophical Society. Member Keynes College University Kent (honorary), Linnean Society London (surveyor science instruments since 1985, council since 1992, zoological secretary since 1994), National Book League (council 1983-1986), National Book League (council 1983-1986), Royal Society Health (vice chairman nutrition 1988-1989), European Union Science Journalists Associations (president 1984-1986), Society Authors (chairman science and technical writers 1986-1988), Cambridge Society for Application Research (council since 1994), Cambridge University Society for Cognitive Research (life), Society for History Science, Friends of Cambridge University Library. (life), Mensa (board directors since 1993), Old Petriburgians Association (chairman 1992-1994), Microscopical Society of America, New York Academy of Sciences, British Broadcasting Corporation Club, Architecture Club, Quekett Micros.
Married Janice May Smith. 4 children, 2 foster children.