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050 00 $aBL183$b.S24 2006
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100 1 $aSagan, Carl,$d1934-1996.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79064998
245 14 $aThe varieties of scientific experience :$ba personal view of the search for God /$cCarl Sagan ; edited by Ann Druyan.
260 $aNew York :$bPenguin Press,$c2006.
300 $axviii, 284 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tCarl Sagan's 1985 Gifford lectures -- $g1.$tNature and wonder : a reconnaissance of heaven -- $g2.$tThe retreat from Copernicus : a modern loss of nerve -- $g3.$tThe organic universe -- $g4.$tExtraterrestrial intelligence -- $g5.$tExtraterrestrial folklore : implications for the evolution of religion -- $g6.$tThe god hypothesis -- $g7.$tThe religious experience -- $g8.$tCrimes against creation -- $g9.$tThe search.
500 $aThe author's 1985 Gifford lectures.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 1 $a"In The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, Carl Sagan sets down his detailed thoughts on the relationship between religion and science and describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. In 1985, Sagan was invited to give the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland on the grand occasion of the lectureship's centennial. The result is this intimate discussion of his views on topics ranging from the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets to the danger of nuclear annihilation of our own, on creationism and so-called intelligent design to a new concept of science as "informed worship" to manic depression and the possible chemical nature of transcendence. In his trademark clear and down-to-earth voice - and exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding - the late great astronomer and astrophysicist illuminates his conversation with examples from cosmology, physics, philosophy, literature, psychology, cultural anthropology, mythology, theology, and more. The Varieties of Scientific Experience, published now for the first time to mark the tenth anniversary of Sagan's death, has been edited and updated by his widow and longtime collaborator, Ann Druyan."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aNatural theology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090266
650 0 $aReligion and science.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112579
600 10 $aSagan, Carl,$d1934-1996$xReligion.
700 1 $aDruyan, Ann,$d1949-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79092362
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852 00 $bbar$hBL183$i.S24 2006