Overview
Exhilarating photographs and inspiring words take us on a microscopic tour of a miraculous phenomenon - the human body - leading to a sense that our existence is no accident. This photographic journey into inner space utilizes microscopic imagery to document the beautiful and mysterious realm of the tiniest components of human life - brain waves, nerve endings, cell structures, acid crystals - revealing a symmetry, a perfection, and, ultimately, a revelation. Illuminating quotes from the finest literary and scientific minds - Pasteur, Tolstoy, Einstein, St. Augustine, Thoreau, Darwin, just to name a few - support the idea that science may prove to be a path to God and that the human brain itself, through what researchers are now calling its spirituality circuit, is wired to lead us to that path. With an introduction by Wall Street Journal science editor Sharon Begley, INSIDE THE MIND OF GOD promises to provide further insight into the abiding question: 'why is there something, rather than nothing?' Three years ago Michael Reagan's best-selling book HAND OF GOD juxtaposed photographs of spiraling galaxies, shimmering nebulae, and luminous stars with the words of great scientists and philosophers to suggest the profound link between the scientific and the spiritual. INSIDE THE MIND OF GOD, continues this journey, now into inner space. The stunning photographs and inspiring quotes create a sense of wonder and awe in the miraculous evidence of God's hand in the smallest details of our existence.
Full Product Details
Author: Michael Reagan
Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press,U.S.
Imprint: Templeton Foundation Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 19.70cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 22.20cm
Weight: 0.699kg
ISBN: 9781890151973
ISBN 10: 1890151971
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 10 October 2002
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This compact and brilliantly illustrated book presents mesmerizing color photographs of DNA samples, crystals of progesterone, leukemia blood cells, X chromosomes, cancer cells, embryos, and the wonders of inner space. In the introduction Wall Street Journal science editor Sharon Begley discusses different views of God's presence in nature. For the past 150 years, she says, some people have seen evidence in nature of God's mind, while others adhere to Darwinian tenet that nature as we know it has arisen by chance, random mutation. Begley herself infers a sacredness in nature even apart from any consideration of God. The book--largely images--leaves the reader to decide. Quotes from the Bible, scientists, novelists, philosophers, spiritual leaders, and others give perspective to the images while captions provide scientific details.
