The New Universe and the Human Future by Nancy Ellen Abrams
After a four-century rupture between science and the questions of value and meaning, this groundbreaking book presents an explosive and potentially life-altering idea: if the world could agree on a shared creation story based on modern cosmology and biology - a story that has just become available - it would redefine our relationship with Planet Earth and benefit all of humanity, now and into the distant future. Written in eloquent, accessible prose and illustrated with magnificent colour images throughout, including innovative simulations of the evolving universe, this book brings the new scientific picture of the universe to life. It interprets what our human place in the cosmos may mean for us and our descendants. It offers unique insights into how this newfound knowledge could potentially be used to find solutions to seemingly intractable global problems such as climate change and unsustainable growth. It explains why we need to 'think cosmically, act globally' in order to have a long-term, prosperous future on Earth.-
The Courage to be
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Psychology and Religion
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Absence of Mind
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Reason, Faith, and Revolution
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Psychoanalysis and Religion
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Belief in God in an Age of Science
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One World
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Becoming
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Captive Gods
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Freud and Philosophy
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Life After Faith
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Thinking in Circles
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The Empirical Stance
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Israelis and the Jewish Tradition
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Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History
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The Police and the Public
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Evolution in Science and Religion
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The Meaning of Evolution
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Belief Unbound
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A Way of Life
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Master Control Genes in Development and Evolution
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Order and Life
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The Structure of Religious Experience
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Fate and Freedom
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Science and Personality
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A Common Faith
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Against Dharma
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Natural Reflections
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The Presence of the Word
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Exorcism and Enlightenment
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The Divine Relativity
Nancy Ellen Abrams, an attorney, cultural philosopher, and lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has worked for the Ford Foundation and the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress. Joel R. Primack, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is one of the principal creators of the modern theory of the universe on the grand scale. The New Universe and the Human Future is based on the Terry Lectures that the authors gave at Yale University in October 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300165081 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300165080 |
| Title | The New Universe and the Human Future |
| Author | Nancy Ellen Abrams |
| Series | The Terry Lectures |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2011-04-19 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Winner of Nautilus Award (Science) 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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