Beauty in science and spirit
By: Paul H. Carr
Edition: 1st ed., hardcover.
Publisher: Beech River Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Center Ossipee, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780979377853
Subjects: Religion and science; Aesthetics; Art; Philosophy
Description: "A scientist considers discoveries that processes of randomness, when combined with natural laws, lead to life, creativity, and beauty. This interplay of chance and necessity require both science and religion to develop answers. The study of nature's beauty transcends national and cultural differences and motivates conservation as well as aesthetics"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published: Center Ossipee, N.H. : Beech River Books, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references (148-161) and index.
Table of contents: title: Origin ... beauty ... overview; title: From art to science to art; title: Complementary beauty and intelligent design; title: From the "music of the spheres" to the big bang's whispers; title: Beauty : from theology to fractals; title: Beautiful fractals : does God play dice?; title: A theology for the evolution of "forms most beautiful"; title: The beauty and power of technology touching theology; title: The beautiful Holy Land : spirituality and science; title: The beauty of nature versus its utility: the environmental challenge; title: The courage to create beauty; title: A beautiful new story; title: A iconoclash : beyond the image wars in science, religion, and art; title: The anthropic principle and the inflationary universe; title: A creation story for the third millennium; title: Science and religion at the dawn of the third millennium.