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The varieties of scientific experience : a personal view of the search for God

by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

Based on a series of lectures, this book explores the relationship between religion and science, examining topics ranging from cosmology and creationism to the search for intelligent life in the cosmos.

Accession 5720 ISBN 1594201072 Publisher Penguin
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