LEADER 02954nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910463326003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-84748-5 010 $a1-59947-418-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000279236 035 $a(EBL)1076188 035 $a(OCoLC)820123163 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784401 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12336367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784401 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10762012 035 $a(PQKB)10720175 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1076188 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6233025 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1076188 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10629322 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415998 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000279236 100 $a20120420d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Templeton science and religion reader$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by J. Wentzel van Huyssteen and Khalil Chamcham 210 $aWest Conshohocken, PA. $cTempleton Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 0 $aTempleton science and religion series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59947-393-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Case for the Big Bang; Chapter 2: Rocks, Time, Fossils, and Life Itself; Chapter 3: From Deluge to Biogeography; Chapter 4: The Human Primate: A Quantum Leap?; Chapter 5: How Genetics Rescued Darwinian Evolution; Chapter 6: How We Conceive of the Divine; Chapter 7: On Math and Metaphysical Language; Chapter 8: Between Cyberspace and the New Alchemy; Chapter 9: Medicine Meets Modern Spirituality; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index 330 $aOur attempts to understand the world around us are greatly advanced by scientific research, which holds nearly unlimited potential to address our questions of what? and how? Some scientific fields, however, seem to take a hands-off approach to the big question of why? Why does the universe work the way it does? Why do our brains make us think certain thoughts or feel certain sensations? Why did we evolve the way we did? Some fundamental scientific understanding is necessary before one can venture too deeply into these types of inquiries, which almost ine 410 0$aTempleton science and religion series. 606 $aReligion and science 606 $aScience 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReligion and science. 615 0$aScience. 676 $a201.65 701 $aChamcham$b Khalil$0992069 701 $aVan Huyssteen$b J. Wentzel$g(Jacobus Wentzel),$f1942-$0992070 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463326003321 996 $aThe Templeton science and religion reader$92270465 997 $aUNINA