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"The author's sweep is broad, treating the origin, nature, and nurture of each man and his conflicting achievements as well as his failures as an integral part of the whole species of man. It unites the laws of nature with the search for the truth of being."

Reactions from Experts in Every Field

Anthropology: Dr. Margaret Mead

"I have read your manuscript very carefully and I find it a magnificent synthesis and one that deals with the question of cultural change in evolutionary terms more effectively than any other synthesis I have seen."

Drs. Nena O'Neill and George O'Neill, authors of Open Marriage

"Grow or Die is a landmark in humanistic and scientific theory that can change the face of the behavioral sciences, philosophy and future thinking. Land's brilliant wholistic model brings us to the ultimate conclusion that man must be a self determiner in his own life, his society and its evolution."

Cybernetics: Dr. F.H. George of Brunel University, England

"One of the most important books that has been written in my own lifetime. It draws attention to the vital nature of growth and its application to Man and it does so in the most readable fashion."

Psychiatry: Dr. Karl Menninger, Chairman of the Menninger Foundation

"As I read I got more and more interested. Grow or Die: The Unifying Principle of Transformation is a very intriguing effort to formulate a general systems theory or an application of it to all world phenomena. It is a broadening and horizon raising line of thought."

Psychology: Dr. Charlotte Buhler, Diplomat in Clinical Psychology, Emeritus Professor U. S. C. Medical School

"I must say I am very impressed with your theory and the scholarly way in which you assemble the scientific evidence for it."

Education: Dr. Sidney J. Parnes of State University College at Buffalo

"A major and unique contribution to the study of creativity. It presents the most comprehensive theoretical base I have seen in this field."

Biology: Dr. Carol S. Marcus of the University of Southern California

"It is extremely important that Dr. Land's ideas be made available to the general public. The consequences of these ideas are enormous, encompassing all aspects of individual psychology and cultural institutions. It is like a keystone on an arch with psychology on one side and biology on the other."

Neurology: Dr. Mark N. Ozer of Children's Hospital, Washington D.C.

"I found the implications very exciting as a way of bringing together what I had been trying to see for myself. The concept of the universality of biological principles may provide us with a scientifically valid way of looking at a lot of what is going on in so-called humanistic education and psychology."

Medicine: Dr. Morton Yohalem of Columbia University

"The concept that the higher organism adapts the environment more importantly than it adapts to the environment is rich in implication and almost revolutionary in its philosophy. This alone is worth the price of admission. The implications for psychological health are overwhelming."

Philosophy: Dr. Oliver Reiser, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh

"This book is at the frontier of contemporary thinking about Man. The theory of growth that is proposed promises to integrate the relevant findings in biology and psychology and relate these to the fields of ethics and value theory - going beyond the holistic theories now current."

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