Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Prologue: House of the Rising Sun PART I. THE MAP: REIMAGINING SCIENCE, MYTH, AND THE SACRED Chapter 1. The Roots of Conflict: Science and Religion before Divorce Chapter 2. The Conflict We Know: Religion, Science, and the Modern World Chapter 3. Science and the Sacred: Telescopes, Microscopes, and Hierophanies Chapter 4. Not the God You Pray To: The Varieties of Scientists' Religious Experience Chapter 5. Science, Myth, and Sacred Narratives: The Universe as Story PART II. THE TERRAIN: SACRED NARRATIVES IN SCIENCE AND MYTH Chapter 6. The Origin of Everything: Big Bangs, the Multiverse, and the Parade of Ants Chapter 7. The Deluge This Time: Climate Change and Flood Myths PART III. A NEW PATH TO THE WATERFALL: SCIENCE, MYTH, TRUTH, AND THE FUTURE Chapter 8. Music of the Spheres: Truth, Myth, and Science Chapter 9. A Need Born of Fire: Mythos, Ethos, and Humanity's Most Dangerous Century Epilogue: Fire in the Open Mind Notes

About the Author

Adam Frank is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Rochester and a regular contributor to Discover and Astronomy magazines. He has also written for Scientific American and many other publications. He was a Hubble Fellow and is the recipient of an American Astronomical Society Prize for his scientific writing.

Reviews

"An elegant reimagining of the relationship between science and spirituality... Challenges the assumption that science and religion are implacable foes." Chronicle Of Higher Education "The most striking aspect ... is the passion that Adam Frank displays in writing about his experience as a scientist." Times Higher Education "Frank's book is most interesting; it is an easy read." -- John W. Burgeson Perspectives On Science And Christian Faith: Journal Of The American Scientific Affiliation Light years beyond the stale standoff between uninspired scientific materialism and unscientific intelligent design. " (STARRED REVIEW) Publishers Weekly

"An elegant reimagining of the relationship between science and spirituality... Challenges the assumption that science and religion are implacable foes." Chronicle Of Higher Education "The most striking aspect ... is the passion that Adam Frank displays in writing about his experience as a scientist." Times Higher Education "Frank's book is most interesting; it is an easy read." -- John W. Burgeson Perspectives On Science And Christian Faith: Journal Of The American Scientific Affiliation Light years beyond the stale standoff between uninspired scientific materialism and unscientific intelligent design. " (STARRED REVIEW) Publishers Weekly