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Starstruck : Cosmic Visions in Science, Religion, and Folklore / Albert A. Harrison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2007]Copyright date: 2007Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789204148
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.362 22
LOC classification:
  • GR625 .H34 2007
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- One THINKING BIG -- Two FRONTIER SCIENCE -- Three Eyes on the Universe -- Four The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis -- Five Of Gods and Spacemen -- Six Visitor Experiences -- Seven Tricksters -- Eight Matters of Life and Death -- Nine Preposterous or Prudent? -- Ten Star Wars -- EPILOGUE -- References -- INDEX
Summary: We live in an era of exploding scientific knowledge about the universe, and our place and future within it. Much of this new knowledge conflicts with earlier wisdom, and some has frightening implications. Cosmic evolution, space exploration, the search for extraterrestrial life, and concerns about humanity’s future prompt us to seek new answers to old existential questions. Where did we come from? Why are we here? Are we alone? What will become of us? In our search for answers, we turn to science, religion, myth, and varying combinations thereof. Exploring an ambiguous region between recognized findings and unfettered imagination, Starstruck explores the multifaceted, far-reaching, and often contentious attempts of people with contrasting worldviews to develop convincing and satisfying interpretations of rapidly accumulating discoveries in physics, astronomy, and biology.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- One THINKING BIG -- Two FRONTIER SCIENCE -- Three Eyes on the Universe -- Four The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis -- Five Of Gods and Spacemen -- Six Visitor Experiences -- Seven Tricksters -- Eight Matters of Life and Death -- Nine Preposterous or Prudent? -- Ten Star Wars -- EPILOGUE -- References -- INDEX

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We live in an era of exploding scientific knowledge about the universe, and our place and future within it. Much of this new knowledge conflicts with earlier wisdom, and some has frightening implications. Cosmic evolution, space exploration, the search for extraterrestrial life, and concerns about humanity’s future prompt us to seek new answers to old existential questions. Where did we come from? Why are we here? Are we alone? What will become of us? In our search for answers, we turn to science, religion, myth, and varying combinations thereof. Exploring an ambiguous region between recognized findings and unfettered imagination, Starstruck explores the multifaceted, far-reaching, and often contentious attempts of people with contrasting worldviews to develop convincing and satisfying interpretations of rapidly accumulating discoveries in physics, astronomy, and biology.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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