Jesuit and the Skull Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man

Name: Jesuit and the Skull Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man
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ISBN: 9781594483356

ISBN-10: 1594483353

ISBN-13: 9781594483356

Edition: 2008

Authors: Amir Aczel, Amir Aczel

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From the New York Timesbestselling author of Fermats Last Theorem, an extraordinary story( Philadelphia Inquirer) of discovery, evolution, science, and faith. In 1929, French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a part of a group of scientists that uncovered a skull that became known as Peking Man, a key evolutionary link that left Teilhard torn between science and his ancient faith, and would leave him ostracized by his beloved Catholic Church. His struggle is at the heart of The Jesuit and the Skull, which takes readers across continents and cultures in a fascinating exploration of one of the twentieth centurys most important discoveries, and one of the worlds most provocative…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.48" wide x 8.20" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Amir Dan Aczel was an Israeli-born American lecturer in mathematics and the history of mathematics and science, and an author of popular books on mathematics and science including "Finding Zero", "Why Science Does Not Disprove God", "A Strange Wilderness: The Lives of the Great Mathematicians", "Present at the Creation: The Story of CERN and the Large Hadron Collider", and many other titles.