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The faith of scientists in their own words [electronic resource] / edited, with commentary, by Nancy K. Frankenberry.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.Description: xviii, 523 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781400829804 (electronic bk.)
  • 1400829801 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 201/.65 22
LOC classification:
  • BL241 .F358 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Founders of modern science. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) -- Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) -- Isaac Newton (1643-1727) -- Charles Darwin (1809-1882) -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) -- Alfred North Whithead (1861-1947) -- Scientists of our time. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) -- Carl Sagan (1934-1996) -- Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) -- Richard Dawkins (1941-) -- Jane Goodall (1934-) -- Steven Weinberg (1933-) -- John Polkinghorne (1930-) -- Freeman Dyson (1923-) -- Stephen Hawking (1942-) -- Paul Davies (1946-) -- Edward O. Wilson (1929-) -- Stuart A. Kauffman (1939-) -- Ursula Goodenough (1944-).
Summary: The Faith of Scientists is an anthology of writings by twenty-one legendary scientists, from the dawn of the Scientific Revolution to the frontiers of science today, about their faith, their views about God, and the place religion holds--or doesn't--in their lives in light of their commitment to science. --From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Founders of modern science. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) -- Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) -- Isaac Newton (1643-1727) -- Charles Darwin (1809-1882) -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) -- Alfred North Whithead (1861-1947) -- Scientists of our time. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) -- Carl Sagan (1934-1996) -- Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) -- Richard Dawkins (1941-) -- Jane Goodall (1934-) -- Steven Weinberg (1933-) -- John Polkinghorne (1930-) -- Freeman Dyson (1923-) -- Stephen Hawking (1942-) -- Paul Davies (1946-) -- Edward O. Wilson (1929-) -- Stuart A. Kauffman (1939-) -- Ursula Goodenough (1944-).

The Faith of Scientists is an anthology of writings by twenty-one legendary scientists, from the dawn of the Scientific Revolution to the frontiers of science today, about their faith, their views about God, and the place religion holds--or doesn't--in their lives in light of their commitment to science. --From publisher description.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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