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 Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
ISBN: 007135428X
Release Date: Jan 2, 2001
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Ever since Galileo was forced to recant his proofs of a sun-centered solar system, the Roman Catholic Church has been considered hostile toward science. Not quite true, argues Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno in his moving and playful memoir of a life lived in the active interplay of science and religion.
Blending memoir, science, history, and theology, Consolmagno takes us on a grand adventure. We revisit the infamous "Galileo affair" and see that it didn't unfold in quite the way we thought. We tour the Vatican's extensive meteorite collection and learn how astronomy progresses despite its dearth of tactile evidence. We get a rare glimpse into the world of working scientists and see how scientific discoveries are proposed and advanced (it hasn't changed much since Galileo's time). We learn the inside story of the "Mars meteorite": How can we be sure it's really from Mars, and why can't scientists agree on whether or not it contains evidence of life?
A firsthand account of faith at the brink of new scientific knowledge as well as rigorous research sponsored by a religious institution, Brother Astronomer memorably sets forth one scientist's conviction that the universe may be worth studying only if it is the work of a Creator God.
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| | | |  | | | Part One: Upon These Rocks.
Aliens at the Vatican.
The Case of the Fiery Fingers.
The Vindication of Mars.
The Confession of a Vatican Scientist.
Percursors of Evil.
The Rift of Popular Culture.
Finding God in Creation.
Part Three: Once in a Lifetime.
Holes in the Sand.
Call and Response.
Justice in the Oceans of Europa.
Would You Baptize an Extraterrestial?
Part Four: Wide Wild Whiteness.
Well Met at Ansmet.
Erebus and Terror.
Soul on Ice.
The Easter Egg Hunt.
Walking in Heaven.
We've Got Company.
Acquainted with All My Ways.
Hunting the White Elephant.
Northward HO! The Wagons.
Afterword: About This Book.
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