The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood - Brossura

Montgomery, David R.

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ISBN 10: 0393346242 ISBN 13: 9780393346244

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2013

Riassunto

In Tibet, geologist David R.Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a strikingsimilarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating theworld’s flood stories and—drawing from historic works by theologians, naturalphilosophers, and scientists—discovered the counterintuitive role Noah’s Floodplayed in the development of both geology and creationism. Steno, thegrandfather of geology, even invoked the Flood in laying geology’s foundingprinciples based on his observations of northern Italian landscapes. Centurieslater, the founders of modern creationism based their irrational view of aglobal flood on a perceptive critique of geology. With an explorer’s eye and arefreshing approach to both faith and science, Montgomery takes readers on ajourney across landscapes and cultures. In the process we discover the illusivenature of truth, whether viewed through the lens of science or religion, andhow it changed through history and continues changing, even today.

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"[Montgomery's] arguments are spirited and compelling, but his most novel conceit is to frame this intellectual history of geology by giving special attention to Noah's Flood." --The Wall Street Journal

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393346242
• ISBN 13: 9780393346244
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Disegnatore: Witschonke Alan
• Numero di pagine: 302
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile