Fire in the mind: science, faith, and the search for order
(Book)
Published:
New York : Knopf, [1995].
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Status:
Lac Courte Oreilles Adult Nonfiction
215 JOH
Description
In this stunningly original book, set among the mountains and canyonlands of northern New Mexico, George Johnson explores the human hunger for pattern, the innate drive to find (or impose) order in our capricious world. In this land of strange juxtapositions where magic and science, religion and reason, constantly bump up against each other, Johnson introduces us to an amazing diversity of people who see the world through varied lenses, who find vastly different pictures in the night sky.
Just north of Santa Fe, the Tewa pueblo of San Ildefonso sits at the bottom of the plateau on which stands the laboratory city of Los Alamos. While the people of San Ildefonso carry out secret ceremonies in their kivas and dance to the rhythms of the seasons, the physicists of Los Alamos struggle with some of the most complex ideas of quantum theory, particle physics, and a new science called the physics of information, which seeks to understand the very source of pattern and order in the world.
Los Alamos and San Ildefonso are just two pieces in this jigsaw puzzle of world views. In the dizzying heights of the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountains, the faithful flock to an old Catholic church for samples of holy soil said to cure all ills. Descending from this land of miracles to the foothills around Santa Fe, we visit a revolutionary think tank called the Santa Fe Institute. Here scientists are focusing their research on questions that seem to hover within the penumbra between science and religion: How, from the random jostling of molecules, did life arise and evolve to the point where it can contemplate its own beginnings? Are we accidents of the universe - miracles - or is there a reason for us to be here?
Just north of Santa Fe, the Tewa pueblo of San Ildefonso sits at the bottom of the plateau on which stands the laboratory city of Los Alamos. While the people of San Ildefonso carry out secret ceremonies in their kivas and dance to the rhythms of the seasons, the physicists of Los Alamos struggle with some of the most complex ideas of quantum theory, particle physics, and a new science called the physics of information, which seeks to understand the very source of pattern and order in the world.
Los Alamos and San Ildefonso are just two pieces in this jigsaw puzzle of world views. In the dizzying heights of the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountains, the faithful flock to an old Catholic church for samples of holy soil said to cure all ills. Descending from this land of miracles to the foothills around Santa Fe, we visit a revolutionary think tank called the Santa Fe Institute. Here scientists are focusing their research on questions that seem to hover within the penumbra between science and religion: How, from the random jostling of molecules, did life arise and evolve to the point where it can contemplate its own beginnings? Are we accidents of the universe - miracles - or is there a reason for us to be here?
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Status
Last Check-In
Lac Courte Oreilles Adult Nonfiction
215 JOH
Available
Oct 4, 2016
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
0679411925
Notes
General Note
Nonfiction.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-363) and index.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Johnson, G. (1995). Fire in the mind: science, faith, and the search for order. New York, Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Johnson, George, 1952 January 20-. 1995. Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order. New York, Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Johnson, George, 1952 January 20-, Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order. New York, Knopf, 1995.
MLA Citation (style guide)Johnson, George. Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order. New York, Knopf, 1995.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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