Robert W Fuller: 10 books

"How did you make the leap from Physics to Dignity?" This question arises at every Robert Fuller talk. Belonging traces Fuller’s personal evolution and suggests that taking one’s questions seriously will lead to a life of meaning and purpose. Accompany Fuller as he meets with “somebodies”...

The Theory of Everybody, rather than play upon our fears, explores the positive opportunities presented by super-intelligent machines. In several genres—a play, essays, articles, and science fiction—Robert W. Fuller explores the most daunting challenge we humans will ever face: the advent of robots...

This is a new and revised edition of Robert W. Fuller's analysis of how our understanding of selfhood affects our sense of individuality, our interpersonal relationships, and our politics.

Theo feels he doesn't belong. He is a white squirrel, but all of his friends are gray. So when his older brother comes up with a daring plan to pilfer some gourmet nuts, Theo jumps at the chance to be the hero. Things don’t go as planned, however, and Theo finds himself trapped in a van, miles away...

Rowan Ellway is a young college president; Easter Blue, an impassioned student leader. Upon graduation, she takes a fellowship to Africa, and they lose touch. When, decades later, they meet again, they discover that their prior bond was but a rehearsal for the world stage. THE ROWAN TREE reaches...

What is science? What is it not? Why does it work? How does science relate to morality and religion? The Wisdom of Science is a collection of aphorisms and quotations that conveys the beauty and mystery of science as experienced by some of its most successful practitioners.

Although grievances leap to mind when we consider making peace with an old foe, ultimate success depends on identifying not where each side is wrong, but where each is right. Seeing some good in others doesn’t mean blinding ourselves to what’s wrong, and harping on the latter is no way to make...

As my father saw me off to college, he gave me a notebook, in his own hand, titled Pointers. Though I did not accept all his advice, I soon realized that asimportant as what he said was that he said it. If the signposts in this collection stimulate you to clarify your beliefs, then, whether you agree with them ornot, they will have served a purpose.

These brief inflections will help keep you centered, confident, and peaceful through any challenge. Simple thoughts to carry with you, to lift your spirits no matter what Life sends your way.Contained in the ages following you will find inflections to carry with you through your day. They are...

The Making of a Scientist is Calvin Fuller’s story of his youth, education, and scientific career in the greatest research laboratory of the postwar era. When, after his death, his sons discovered their father’s memoir among his papers, they decided to share its rich cultural history of early...