The Miraculous from the Material - Lightman, Alan
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"Nature is capable of extraordinary phenomena. Standing in awe of those phenomena, we experience a feeling of connection to others, to wildlife, or to the cosmos. For ... Alan Lightman, just as remarkable is that all of what we see around us--from soap bubbles and scarlet ibses to shooting stars--are made out of the same material stuff, and obey the same rules and laws. This is what Lightman calls 'spiritual materialism, ' the belief that we can embrace spiritual experiences without letting go of our scientific worldview. Pairing 36 ... full-color photos evoking some of nature's most…mehr

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"Nature is capable of extraordinary phenomena. Standing in awe of those phenomena, we experience a feeling of connection to others, to wildlife, or to the cosmos. For ... Alan Lightman, just as remarkable is that all of what we see around us--from soap bubbles and scarlet ibses to shooting stars--are made out of the same material stuff, and obey the same rules and laws. This is what Lightman calls 'spiritual materialism, ' the belief that we can embrace spiritual experiences without letting go of our scientific worldview. Pairing 36 ... full-color photos evoking some of nature's most awe-inspiring phenomena with accessible, lyrical essays, [this book] explores the ... science underlying the natural world"--
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ALAN LIGHTMAN earned his PhD in physics from the California Institute of Technology and is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein’s Dreams and The Diagnosis, a finalist for the National Book Award. His nonfiction includes The Transcendental Brain, The Accidental Universe, Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine, and Probable Impossibilities. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He is currently a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science.