Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist
| By: | Guy Consolmagno |
| Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Professional |
| Print ISBN: | 9780071354288 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780071376587 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2000 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Brother Astronomer is a wonderful contribution to the ongoing science-and-religion debate, from someone living in both worlds. Blending memoir, science, history, and theology, Brother Guy takes readers on a grand adventure. Revisit the infamous "Galileo affair" and discover the circumstances and misconceptions of the times that influenced what really happened. Glimpse into a world of working scientists and see how scientific discoveries are proposed and advanced. Learn the inside story of the "Mars meteorite": how can we be sure it's really from Mars, and why can't scientists agree on whether or not it contains evidence of life? Through Brother Guy's recollections, science and religion fuse together in one individual, and by extension, explain how they both are needed in order to answer the big questions: What would it mean to us if we did find life elsewhere in the universe? How did the world begin, and does it follow natural laws?