The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

Sagan, Carl

ISBN 10: 1594201072 / ISBN 13: 9781594201073

Editore: Penguin Press HC, The, 2006

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Published to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's death, a volume based on his famous "Gifford Lectures in Natural Theology" presents a detailed exploration of the relationship between religion and science as well as Sagan's personal effort to understand the nature of the sacred in the cosmos. 150,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull?autore: Carl Sagan was Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking, and Voyager spacecraft expeditions to the planets, for which he received the NASA medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. Dr. Sagan received the Pulitzer Prize and the highest awards of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation, and many other awards, for his contributions to science, literature, education, and the preservation of the environment. His book Cosmos (accompanying his Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning television series of the same name) was the bestselling science book ever published in the English language, and his bestselling novel, Contact, was turned into a major motion picture.

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Titolo: The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A ...
Casa editrice: Penguin Press HC, The
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good