The varieties of scientific experience
Subtitle: a personal view of the search for god
By: Carl Sagan ; ed. by Ann Druyan
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780143112624
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Religion and science; God; Cosmological Proof
Description: From the Publisher:  Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spirituality. The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide range of topics, including the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets, creationism and so-called intelligent design, and a new concept of science as "informed worship." Originally presented at the centennial celebration of the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland in 1985 but never published, this book offers a unique encounter with one of the most remarkable minds of the twentieth century.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Editor's introduction; title: Author's introduction; title: Carl Sagan's 1985 Gifford Lectures; title: 1:  Nature and wonder:  a reconnaissance of heaven; title: 2:  Retreat from Copernicus:  a modern loss of nerve; title: 3:  Organic universe; title: 4:  Extraterrestrial intelligence; title: 5:  Extraterrestrial folklore:  implications for the evolution of religion; title: 6:  God hypothesis; title: 7:  Religious experience; title: 8:  Crimes against creation; title: 9:  Search; title: Selected Q & A; title: Acknowledgments; title: Figure captions; title: Index.