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Rocks of ages : science and religion in the fullness of life / Stephen Jay Gould.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 2002, c1999.Edition: 1st trade paper edDescription: viii, 241 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 034545040X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 215
LOC classification:
  • BL240.2 .G68 2002
  • BL240.2 .G68 2002
Contents:
Problem stated: Preamble -- Tale of two Thomases -- Fate of two fathers -- Problem resolved in principle: NOMA defined and defended -- NOMA illustrated -- Coda and segue -- Historical reasons for conflict: Contingent basis for intensity -- Columbus and the flat Earth: example of the fallacy of warfare between science and religion -- Defending NOMA from both sides now: struggle against modern creationism -- Psychological reasons for conflict: Can nature nurture our hopes? -- Nature's cold bath and Darwin's defense of NOMA -- Two false paths of irenics.
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Includes index.

Problem stated: Preamble -- Tale of two Thomases -- Fate of two fathers -- Problem resolved in principle: NOMA defined and defended -- NOMA illustrated -- Coda and segue -- Historical reasons for conflict: Contingent basis for intensity -- Columbus and the flat Earth: example of the fallacy of warfare between science and religion -- Defending NOMA from both sides now: struggle against modern creationism -- Psychological reasons for conflict: Can nature nurture our hopes? -- Nature's cold bath and Darwin's defense of NOMA -- Two false paths of irenics.

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