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Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order by Johnson, George, G

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ISBN
9780679740216
Book Title
Fire in the Mind : Science, Faith, and the Search for Order
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
8.5 in
Publication Year
1996
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
George Johnson
Genre
Travel, Religion, Social Science, Science
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Sociology of Religion, Religion & Science
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
067974021X
ISBN-13
9780679740216
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3038454023

Product Key Features

Book Title
Fire in the Mind : Science, Faith, and the Search for Order
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Sociology of Religion, Religion & Science
Publication Year
1996
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Religion, Social Science, Science
Author
George Johnson
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
CLASSIFICATION_METADATA
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Dewey Decimal
500
Table Of Content
Introduction: Kivas, Moradas, and the Secrets of the Nuclear Age I. Four Magic Mountains 1. Phaedrus's Ghosts 2. The Depth of the Atom 3. The Height of the Sky Tesuque Interlude: The Riddle of the Camel II. "The Cold, Gray Cave of Abstraction" 4. The Demonology of Information 5. The Undetermined World 6. The Democracy of Measurement San Ildefonso Interlude: The Mystery of Other minds III. "A Fever Matter" 7. The Dawn of Recognition 8. The Arrival of the Fittest 9. In Search of Complexity 10. In the Eye of the Beholder Truchas Interlude: The Leap into the Unknown Conclusion: The Ruins of Los Alamos
Synopsis
Are there really laws governing the universe? Or is the order we see a mere artifact of the way evolution wired the brain? And is what we call science only a set of myths in which quarks, DNA, and information fill the role once occupied by gods? These questions lie at the heart of George Johnson's audacious exploration of the border between science and religion, cosmic accident and timeless law. Northern New Mexico is home both to the most provocative new enterprises in quantum physics, information science, and the evolution of complexity and to the cosmologies of the Tewa Indians and the Catholic Penitentes. As it draws the reader into this landscape, juxtaposing the systems of belief that have taken root there, Fire in the Mind into a gripping intellectual adventure story that compels us to ask where science ends and religion begins. "A must for all those seriously interested in the key ideas at the frontier of scientific discourse."--Paul Davies
LC Classification Number
Q163
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    12 Nov, 2008

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    I bought this book on the advice of a professional colleague and loved it because if its perspective on my home state and its many traditions.

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