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Weintraub, David A |
Religions and Extraterrestrial Life |
I08141 |
2014 |
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Traphagan, John |
Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination |
I07631 |
2015 |
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Goldish, M |
Judaism in the Theology of Sir Isaac Newton |
I04953 |
1998 |
eBook |
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Kopal, Zden??k |
An Introduction to the Study of the Moon |
I02870 |
1966 |
eBook |
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| Title | Religions and Extraterrestrial Life : How Will We Deal With It? |
| Author(s) | Weintraub, David A |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2014. |
| Description | XIII, 234 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In the twenty-first century, the debate about life on other worlds is quickly changing from the realm of speculation to the domain of hard science. Within a few years, as a consequence of the rapid discovery by astronomers of planets around other stars, astronomers very likely will have discovered clear evidence of life beyond the Earth. Such a discovery of extraterrestrial life will change everything.?? Knowing the answer as to whether humanity has company in the universe will trigger one of the greatest intellectual revolutions in history, not the least of which will be a challenge for at least some terrestrial religions. Which religions will handle the discovery of extraterrestrial life with ease and which will struggle to assimilate this new knowledge about our place in the universe? Some religions as currently practiced appear to only be viable on Earth. Other religions could be practiced on distant worlds but nevertheless identify both Earth as a place and humankind as a species of singular spiritual religious importance, while some religions could be practiced equally well anywhere in the universe by any sentient beings.?? Weintraub guides readers on an invigorating tour of the world???s most widely practiced religions. It reveals what, if anything, each religion has to say about the possibility that extraterrestrial life exists and how, or if, a particular religion would work on other planets in distant parts of the universe |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319050560 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Philosophy of Religion
6. Popular Science in Astronomy
7. RELIGION
8. Religion???Philosophy
9. Religious Studies, general
10. SPACE SCIENCES
11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination : SETI at the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Culture |
| Author(s) | Traphagan, John |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | X, 110 p. 1 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) represents one of the most significant crossroads at which the assumptions and methods of scientific inquiry come into direct contact with???and in many cases conflict with???those of religion. Indeed, at the core of SETI is the same question that motivates many interested in religion: What is the place of humanity in the universe? Both scientists involved with SETI (and in other areas) and those interested in and dedicated to some religious traditions are engaged in contemplating these types of questions, even if their respective approaches and answers differ significantly. This book explores this intersection with a focus on three core points: 1) the relationship between science and religion as it is expressed within the framework of SETI research, 2) the underlying assumptions, many of which are tacitly based upon cultural values common in American society, that have shaped the ways in which SETI researchers have conceptualized the nature of their endeavor and represented ideas about the potential influence contact might have on human civilization, and 3) what sort of empirical evidence we might be able to access as a way of thinking about the social impact that contact with alien intelligence might have for humanity, from both religious and cultural perspectives. The book?? developed as a result of a course the author teaches at the University of Texas at Austin: Religion, Science, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319105512 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ANTHROPOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Popular Science in Astronomy
6. RELIGION
7. Religious Studies, general
8. Science???Social aspects
9. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
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| Title | Judaism in the Theology of Sir Isaac Newton |
| Author(s) | Goldish, M |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1998. |
| Description | XII, 244 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is based on my doctoral dissertation from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1996) of the same title. As a master's student, working on an entirely different project, I was well aware that many of Newton's theological manuscripts were located in our own Jewish National and University Library, but I was under the mistaken assumption that scores of highly qualified scholars must be assiduously scouring them and publishing their results. It never occurred to me to look at them at all until, having fmished my master's, I spoke to Professor David Katz at Tel-Aviv University about an idea I had for doctoral research. Professor Katz informed me that the project I had suggested was one which he himself had just fmished, but that I might be interested in working on the famous Newton manuscripts in the context of a project being organized by him, Richard Popkin, James Force, and the late Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs, to study and publish Newton's theological material. I asked him whether he was not sending me into the shark-infested waters of highly competitive scholarship, and learned that in fact there were only a handful of scholars in the world who actively studied and published on Newton's theology. At the time the group consisted mainly of Popkin, Force, Dobbs, Frank Manuel, Kenneth Knoespel, and David Castillejo |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401720144 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. HISTORY
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. History, general
6. METAPHYSICS
7. PHYSICS
8. RELIGION
9. Religious Studies, general
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