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

Frankenberry, Nancy, 1947-
2008
201.65 F174 2008
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Title
The faith of scientists in their own words / edited, with commentary, by Nancy K. Frankenberry.
ISBN
9780691134871 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0691134871 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 523 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
201.65 F174 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)186344910
(OCoLC)186344910
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
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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 Whitehead (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-).
Added Author
Frankenberry, Nancy, 1947-
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