| Management number | 238748425 | Release Date | 2026/07/11 | List Price | US$3.60 | Model Number | 238748425 | ||
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<b>From Aristotle to Noble-laureate Ilya Prigogine--14 biographies reveal how science and spirituality are connected, and why understanding this connection is essential to seeing reality clearly.</b> <p>Pythagoras heard music in the cosmos. Newton found God in equations. Darwin saw design in chaos. </p><p>In an age defined by the conflict between science and faith, theoretical physicist Marc Halévy offers a quietly revolutionary argument: the two have never truly been separate. </p><p>In <i>Science and Spirituality: 14 Great Minds Who Bridged the Divide</i>, Halévy turns to biography to make his case. Examining the lives and inner worlds of 14 major scientists--from the early modern period to the twentieth century--he shows how their most significant discoveries were shaped not merely by observation and experiment, but by a deeper, visionary understanding of reality. Science, Halévy states, is more often than not born from spiritual intuition. </p><p>But the book's ambitions reach further. Halévy situates this argument within a vast intellectual history, tracing the evolution of human consciousness, from animism and polytheism, through monotheism to the triumph of scientific materialism. He suggests that our current moment may represent a threshold: the emergence of a higher gnosis--a new mode of understanding that moves beyond both religious dogma and the reductionism of modern science, whereby we may enter a new stage of consciousness altogether. </p><p>Rigorous yet accessible, <i> Science and Spirituality</i> is essential reading for anyone who suspects that the deepest questions about reality can be answered by neither science nor religion alone.</p>
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Political & Social Sciences |
| Pages | 224 |
| Subgenre | Individual Philosophers |
| Series title | No Series |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Prakash Books |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 8.50 x 6.00 x 5.50 in |
| Assembled product weight | 0.81 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Philosophy |
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