God's Mechanics (ePub)
How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion
(Sprache: Englisch)
With an "adroit and self-effacing style," a Catholic brother, astronomer and physicist explains how scientists and engineers make sense of religion.
In God's Mechanics, Brother Guy tells the stories of those who identify with the scientific...
In God's Mechanics, Brother Guy tells the stories of those who identify with the scientific...
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With an "adroit and self-effacing style," a Catholic brother, astronomer and physicist explains how scientists and engineers make sense of religion.
In God's Mechanics, Brother Guy tells the stories of those who identify with the scientific mindset-so-called "techies"-while practicing religion. A self-decribed techie, astronomer, physicist and Director of the Vatican Observatory, Brother Guy shares some classic philosophical reflections, as well as his interviews with dozens of fellow techies, and his own personal take on his Catholic beliefs to provide, like a set of "worked out sample problems," the hard data on the challenges and joys of embracing a life of faith as a techie. And he also gives a roadmap of the traps that can befall an unwary techie believer.
With lively prose and wry humor, Brother Guy shows how he not only believes in God but gives religion an honored place alongside science in his life. This book offers an engaging look at how-and why-scientists and those with technological leanings can hold profound, "unprovable" religious beliefs while working in highly empirical fields. Through his own experience and interviews with other scientists and engineers who profess faith, Brother Guy explores how religious beliefs and practices make sense to those who are deeply rooted in the world of technology.
"Brother Guy Consolmagno speaks in the softest, sanest voice imaginable as he enters the current firestorm of opinion re science and religion. His engaging commentary exposes the mindset of a true 'techie'-but one who equates science with a sacred act." -Dava Sobel, author, Galileo's Daughter
In God's Mechanics, Brother Guy tells the stories of those who identify with the scientific mindset-so-called "techies"-while practicing religion. A self-decribed techie, astronomer, physicist and Director of the Vatican Observatory, Brother Guy shares some classic philosophical reflections, as well as his interviews with dozens of fellow techies, and his own personal take on his Catholic beliefs to provide, like a set of "worked out sample problems," the hard data on the challenges and joys of embracing a life of faith as a techie. And he also gives a roadmap of the traps that can befall an unwary techie believer.
With lively prose and wry humor, Brother Guy shows how he not only believes in God but gives religion an honored place alongside science in his life. This book offers an engaging look at how-and why-scientists and those with technological leanings can hold profound, "unprovable" religious beliefs while working in highly empirical fields. Through his own experience and interviews with other scientists and engineers who profess faith, Brother Guy explores how religious beliefs and practices make sense to those who are deeply rooted in the world of technology.
"Brother Guy Consolmagno speaks in the softest, sanest voice imaginable as he enters the current firestorm of opinion re science and religion. His engaging commentary exposes the mindset of a true 'techie'-but one who equates science with a sacred act." -Dava Sobel, author, Galileo's Daughter
Autoren-Porträt von Guy Consolmagno
Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno is a Jesuit brotherwith advanced degrees from MIT and the University of Arizona.A highly respected planetary scientist whose research focuses on meteorites, asteroids, and dwarf planets, Consolmagno is the author or co-author of numerous books and publications, including Brother Astronomerand Turn Left at Orion.He even has an asteroid named in his honor (4597 Consolmagno, known to its friends as "Little Guy"). He has served as chair of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society and is a past president of Commission 16 (Planets and Moons) of the International Astronomical Union.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Guy Consolmagno
- 2010, 1. Auflage, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1118041100
- ISBN-13: 9781118041109
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.12.2010
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