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

Author: Carl Sagan Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Religion, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads OpenLibrary Barns&Noble Amazon Google Books LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781594201073 9780143112624 1594201072 0143112627

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. Similar books: The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan The Science of God by Gerald L. Schroeder Rocks of Ages by Stephen Jay Gould Fire in the Mind by George Johnson Genesis and the Big Bang by Gerald L. Schroeder Ignorance by Stuart Firestein The Mind's Sky by Timothy Ferris The Mind of God by Paul Davies The Hidden Face of God by Gerald L. Schroeder How We Believe by Michael Shermer God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist by Victor J. Stenger The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins The Third Culture by John Brockman Billions & Billions by Carl Sagan Modern Physics and Ancient Faith by Stephen M. Barr What Einstein Told His Barber by Robert L. Wolke Cosmos by Carl Sagan The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan