In the Beginning: Science Faces God in the Book of Genesis. The
beginning of time. The origin of life. In our Western civilization,
there are two influential accounts of beginnings. One is the biblical
account, compiled more than two thousand years ago by Judean writers
who based much of their thinking on the Babylonian astronomical lore
of the day. The other is the account of modern science, which, in the
last century, has slowly built up a coherent picture of how it all
began. Both represent the best thinking of their times, and in this
line-by-line annotation of the first eleven chapters of Genesis, Isaac
Asimov carefully and evenhandedly compares the two accounts, pointing
out where they are similar and where they are different. “There
is no version of primeval history, preceding the discoveries of modern
science, that is as rational and as inspiriting as that of the Book of
Genesis,” Asimov says. However, human knowledge does increase, and
if the biblical writers “had written those early chapters of Genesis
knowing what we know today, we can be certain that they would have
written it completely differently.” Isaac Asimov brings to this
fascinating subject his wide-ranging knowledge of science and
history—and his award-winning ability to explain the complex with
accuracy, clarity, and wit.
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ISBN
9781497622517
Publisert
2017
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Open Road Media
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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