Chaos and Life: Complexity and Order in Evolution and ThoughtWhy, in a scientific age, do people routinely turn to astrologers, mediums, cultists, and every kind of irrational practitioner rather than to science to meet their spiritual needs? The answer, according to Richard J. Bird, is that science, especially biology, has embraced a view of life that renders meaningless the coincidences, serendipities, and other seemingly significant occurrences that fill people's everyday existence. |
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Chaos and Life: Complexity and Order in Evolution and Thought Richard J. Bird,Visiting Scholar Richard Bird No preview available - 2003 |