{"product_id":"practical-mystic-matthew-stanley-9780226770970","title":"Practical Mystic: Religion, Science, and A. S. Eddington","description":"Science and religion have long been thought incompatible. But nowhere has this apparent contradiction been more fully resolved than in the figure of A. S. Eddington (1882-1944), a pioneer in astrophysics, relativity, and the popularization of science, and a devout Quaker. \u003ci\u003ePractical Mystic \u003c\/i\u003euses the figure of Eddington to shows how religious and scientific values can interact and overlap without compromising the integrity of either. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEddington was a world-class scientist who not only maintained his religious belief throughout his scientific career but also defended the interrelation of science and religion while drawing inspiration from both for his practices. For instance, at a time when a strict adherence to deductive principles of physics had proved fruitless for understanding the nature of stars, insights from Quaker mysticism led Eddington to argue that an outlook less concerned with certainty and more concerned with further exploration was necessary to overcome the obstacles of incomplete and uncertain knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy examining this intersection between liberal religion and astrophysics, \u003ci\u003ePractical Mystic\u003c\/i\u003e questions many common assumptions about the relationship between science and spirituality. Matthew Stanley's analysis of Eddington's personal convictions also reveals much about the practice, production, and dissemination of scientific knowledge at the beginning of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Stanley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226770974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226770970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.62w x 0.70d","brand":"Matthew Stanley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075974983935,"sku":"9780226770970","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac1e0bd4-dbdb-4c08-ad44-346d57c4f752.jpg?v=1685462487","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/practical-mystic-matthew-stanley-9780226770970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}