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The sacred depths of nature

Author: Ursula Goodenough
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Reconciles the modern scientific understanding of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings for reverence and continuity ... Her clarity makes it possible for even nonscientists to appreciate that the origins of life and the universe are no less meaningful because of our increasingly scientific understanding of them"--From publisher description.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ursula Goodenough
ISBN: 0195126130 9780195126136 0195136292 9780195136296
OCLC Number: 38842032
Description: xxi, 197 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Origins of the earth --
Origins of life --
How life works --
How an organism works --
How evolution works --
The evolution of biodiversity --
Awareness --
Emotions and meaning --
Sex --
Sexuality --
Multicellularity and death --
Speciation --
Emergent religious principles.
Responsibility: Ursula Goodenough.
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"Reconciles the modern scientific understanding of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings for reverence and continuity ... Her clarity makes it possible for even nonscientists to appreciate that the origins of life and the universe are no less meaningful because of our increasingly scientific understanding of them"--From publisher description.

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