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Religion and the Physical Sciences
Kate Grayson Boisvert
ISBN: 0-313-33284-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33284-5
352 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2008
List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Many people may think that the modern physical sciences - physics, chemistry, astronomy - and religion have little to do with each other. There are, however, many points that these two areas intersect. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion will cover the impact of religion and spirituality on some of the great scientific debates of the last 100 years - the origin of the universe, the nature of matter and energy, the quest for a TOE (theory of everything), and the current debates over multiple universes, the anthropic principle, and other aspects of theoretical physics that are borderline philosophy. Debates on these topics are common in popular works, and the author places all of these debates in a context that the average reader can understand.


 Title Features:
The volume includes extracts from the most important primary source documents, as well as a glossary and a timeline of events.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
    Acknowledgements
    Chronology of Events
    Chapter 1. Introduction: Physical Science and Religion in the 20th Century
    Chapter 2. The Beginning of the Universe: Scientific and Religious Perspectives
    Chapter 3. The Nature of Matter and Energy and the Quest for a Final Unified Theory
    Chapter 4. Cosmic Evolution: Reflections of Scientists
    Chapter 5. Life and Intelligence in the Universe
    Chapter 6. Cosmic Evolution: Christian Religious Perspectives
    Chapter 7. The Cosmology of Meher Baba
    Chapter 8. The Future According to Science and Religion
    Primary Documents
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: Kate Grayson Boisvert is an instructor in astronomy at Los Medanos College and a consultant at the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences.
PDF Catalogs:
Academic Library Fall 2008.pdf
Academic Library Spring 2009.pdf
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