The varieties of scientific experience : a personal view of the search for God /
Carl Sagan ; edited by Ann Druyan.
- New York : Penguin Books, 2007, c2006.
- xviii, 284 p. : ill. (some col ; 24 cm.
Includes index. The author's 1985 Gifford lectures.
Nature and wonder: a reconnaisance of heaven -- The retreat from Copernicus: a modern loss of nerve -- The organic universe -- Extraterrestrial intelligence -- Extraterrestrial folklore: implications for the evolution of religion -- The God hypothesis -- The religious experience -- Crimes against creation -- The search -- Selected Q & A.
Booklist. Choice. Kirkus Review.
The author shares his thoughts on the relationship between religion and science, and examines how the perception of God fits into the nature and scope of the universe.