Skeptics and True Believers The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion

Name: Skeptics and True Believers The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion
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ISBN: 9780802775641

ISBN-10: 0802775640

ISBN-13: 9780802775641

Edition: 1998

Authors: Chet Raymo

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Years ago, noted science teacher and writer Chet Raymo embarked upon his own quest to reconcile the miracle stories he learned as a child with the science he learned as an adult. Skeptics and True Believersis the culmination of that search—a passionate, ever-inquisitive statement that science and religion can mutually reinforce the way we experience the world. Acknowledging that the scientific and the spiritual communities are increasingly split, Raymo builds strong bridges between them. He illustrates his argument with an array of thought-provoking stories, such as the remarkable migratory flight of a small bird called the red knot; the long, glorious glide of the Comet Hyakutake across…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Introduction	p. 1
Miracles and Explanations	p. 10
Decoding the Mystery of Life	p. 27
The Known and the Unknowable	p. 44
Organized Skepticism	p. 57
Astrology and Prayer	p. 78
Close Encounters of the Improbable Kind	p. 97
The New Story of Creation	p. 120
Creationism and Evolution	p. 137
Academy in Revolt	p. 158
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