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1 online resource |
| Series |
Science, society and religion
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Science, society and religion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Evolution: how life and we came about -- Medicine: our health, illnesses and healing -- Order, disorder and chaos: complex phenomena around us -- Motion, space and time: where and when we are -- Cosmology: how did our universe come about -- Religion, science and scientists -- Science for life. |
| Summary |
In Gobekli Tepe' near Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, stand 11,000 year old concentric rings of old massive T shaped pillars. The carvings by prehistoric, pre-agricultural people emphasize predators, and vultures in particular are even more prominent. Archaeologists and anthropologists believe that the vultures represented the aspiration of humans to reach high into the heavens. If the scientific thought and technological output is a measure, science has been in the same pursuit along with religion or perhaps before it, even in Gobekli Tepe. While scientific topics remain at the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Life (Biology)
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Space and time.
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Cosmology.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jayakumar, Raghavan, author. Science for living 9781631178672 (DLC) 2014014972 (OCoLC)876005992 |
| ISBN |
9781631178733 (electronic bk.) |
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1631178733 (electronic bk.) |
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9781631178672 |
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1631178679 |
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