The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (Record no. 296808)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780143112624
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 215 SAG-V
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Personal name Carl Sagan
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2006
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xviii, 284 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Nature and wonder : a reconnaissance of heaven -- The retreat from Copernicus : a modern loss of nerve -- The organic universe -- Extraterrestrial intelligence -- Extraterrestrial folklore : implications for the evolution of religion -- The god hypothesis -- The religious experience -- Crimes against creation -- The search -- Selected Q & A.
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Summary, etc. 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 delightfully 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, the late astronomer and astrophysicist illuminates his conversation with examples from cosmology, physics, philosophy, literature, psychology, cultural anthropology, mythology, theology, and more.--From publisher description.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Sagan, Carl, -- 1934-1996 -- Religion. Sagan, Carl, -- 1934-1996. Natural theology.
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Personal name Ann Druyan
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 05/10/2018   215 SAG-V DCB3477 05/10/2018 05/10/2018 Book