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Янко Слава (Библиотека Fort/Da) ||http://yanko.lib.ru 1 Сканирование и форматирование: Янко Слава (Библиотека Fort/Da) || [email protected] || [email protected] || http://yanko.lib.ru || Icq# 75088656 || Библиотека: http://yanko.lib.ru/gum.html || Номера страниц - внизу update 13.12.06 CARL SAGAN (November 9, 1934-December 20, 1996) was professor of astronomy and space sciences and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking, and Voyager spacecraft Sagan, Carl=The varieties of scientific experience. A Personal View of the Search for God. The Penguin Press. New York. 2006 Янко Слава (Библиотека Fort/Da) ||http://yanko.lib.ru 2 expeditions to the planets, for which he twice received the NASA Medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. Dr. Sagan received the Pulitzer Prize and the highest awards of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation and many other awards for his contributions to science, literature, education, and the preservation of the environment. His book Cosmos (accompanying his Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television series of the same name) was the bestselling science book ever published in the English language, and his bestselling novel Contact WAS turned into a major motion picture. Dr. Sagan was among the first to alert the public to the danger of global warming and the potential climatic consequences of nuclear war. In the 1980s, he initiated the campaign to forge an alliance between religion and science to protect the environment. Jacket design: Barbara de Wilde Jacket photograph: Spectrum of comet 2001, Q4 (NEAT), May 14, 2004 Courtesy of Gunma Astronomical Observatory, Japan Author photograph © Andy Levin/Parade The A MEMBER OF PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC. Penguin 375 HUDSON STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10014 Press www.penguin.com U.S. $27.95 CANADA $35.00 In The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, Carl Sagan sets down his detailed thoughts on the relationship between religion and science and describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. In 1985, Sagan was invited to give the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland on the grand occasion of the lectureship's centennial. The result is this delightfully intimate discussion of his views on topics ranging from the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets to the danger of nuclear annihilation of our own, on creation-ism and so-called intelligent design to a new concept of science as "informed worship" to manic depression and the possible chemical nature of transcendance. In his trademark clear and down-to-earth voice—and exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding— the late great astronomer and astrophysicist illuminates his conversation with examples from cosmology, physics, philosophy, literature, psychology, cultural anthropology, mythology, theology, and more. The Varieties of Scientific Experience, published now for the first time to mark the tenth anniversary of Sagan's death, has been edited and updated by his widow and longtime collaborator, Ann Druyan. Sagan was one of the greatest scientists of our time, and his extraordinary ability to make complex scientific theory accessible and relevant has also established him as one of the most enduring and beloved communicators of science. His humorous, wise, and at times stunningly prophetic observations on some of the greatest mysteries of the cosmos have the invigorating effect of stimulating the intell ect, exciting the imagination, and reawakening us to the grandeur of life in the cosmos. 1106 Sagan, Carl=The varieties of scientific experience. A Personal View of the Search for God. The Penguin Press. New York. 2006 Янко Слава (Библиотека Fort/Da) ||http://yanko.lib.ru 3 THE VARIETIES of SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE THE VARIETIES of SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE A Personal View of the Search for God CARL SAGAN THE PENGUIN PRESS NEW YORK 2006 Edited by ANN DRUYAN Illustrations Editor and Scientific Consultant Steven Soter THE PENGUIN PRESS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 575 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) * Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England * Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) * Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) * Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India * Penguin Group (NZ), Cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany, Auckland 1310, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) * Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England First published in 2006 by The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Copyright © Democritus Properties, LLC, 2006 All rights reserved Frontispiece figure caption by Ann Druyan, published in What Is Enlightenment? Magazine Illustration credits appear on pages 283—84. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996. The varieties of scientific experience : a personal view of the search for God / Carl Sagan ; edited by Ann Druyan. p. cm. The author's 1985 Gifford lectures. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Nature and wonder: a reconnaissance of heaven—The retreat from Copernicus—The organic universe—Extraterrestrial intelligence—Extraterrestrial folklore: implications for the evolution of religion-—The God hypothesis—The religious experience—Crimes against creation—The search for who we are—Selected Q&A. ISBN 1-59420-107-2 1. Natural theology. 2. Religion and science. 3. Sagan, Carl, 1934— 1996—Religion. I. Druyan, Ann, 1949- II. Title. BL183.S24 2006 215—dc22 2006044827 Printed in the United States of America 13579 10 8642 DESIGNED BY AMANDA DEWEY Sagan, Carl=The varieties of scientific experience. A Personal View of the Search for God. The Penguin Press. New York. 2006 Янко Слава (Библиотека Fort/Da) ||http://yanko.lib.ru 4 Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrightable materials. Your support of the author's rights is appreciated. Sagan, Carl=The varieties of scientific experience. A Personal View of the Search for God. The Penguin Press. New York. 2006 Янко Слава (Библиотека Fort/Da) ||http://yanko.lib.ru 5 Электронное оглавление Электронное оглавление ....................................................................................5 Contents ..................................................................................................................7 Editor's Introduction.............................................................................................7 Author's Introduction............................................................................................9 One. NATURE AND WONDER: A RECONNAISSANCE OF HEAVEN ....11 fig. 1........................................................................................................................ 11 fig. 2........................................................................................................................ 12 fig. 3........................................................................................................................ 12 fig. 4........................................................................................................................ 13 fig. 5........................................................................................................................ 14 fig. 6........................................................................................................................ 14 fig. 7........................................................................................................................ 15 fig. 8........................................................................................................................ 16 fig. 9........................................................................................................................ 17 fig. 10...................................................................................................................... 17 fig. 11...................................................................................................................... 18 fig. 12...................................................................................................................... 18 fig. 13...................................................................................................................... 19 fig. 14.....................................................................................................................

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