Submersion: Reconsidering John C. Lilly

An illuminating and wide-ranging edited collection on the life and career of John C. Lilly across disciplines, from animal studies to the history of architecture.

John C. Lilly (1915–2001) was a neurophysiologist who had one of the most unusual careers in twentieth-century science: he theorized extra-terrestrial language and intelligence, wrote quasi-philosophical treatises about computer science and consciousness, self-experimented with LSD and ketamine, and developed the first sensory depr...