{"product_id":"the-science-spell-chris-spark-9781736910702","title":"The Science Spell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan you believe in science and also believe in some form of spirituality? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan you be thoughtful and inquisitive and still have faith in something beyond?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan your brain be in harmony with your heart?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese essays say yes, yes, yes. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScience has been so successful at giving us material benefits that many intelligent people believe it also gives us the best picture of ultimate reality.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unfortunately, that picture is a cosmic bummer: a mechanical universe ruled by laws that care nothing about the human heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut you can fully embrace science without being an atheist.\u003c\/strong\u003e In fact, the essays in this book push critical thinking further than most scientists are used to. And-in easy, playful prose-they go places our most educated and well-respected citizens generally don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefusing to stop at border crossings or check points, Spark's essays roam coyote-like over the terrain not only of science, but of philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, myth, religion, the supernatural, and our own direct experience of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn doing so, they explore a paradox: \u003cstrong\u003eThe idea of a universe devoid of magic may itself be a kind of spell. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWant to wake up? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Science Fiction: \u003c\/strong\u003eHow Scientific Are Scientists?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho Should We Ask About God?: \u003c\/strong\u003eDo Scientists Know What Reality Is?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You See Is What You See: \u003c\/strong\u003e Common Sense \u0026amp; Ultimate Truth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere Scientists Fear to Tread: \u003c\/strong\u003e Science, Taboos, Magic, \u0026amp; Meaning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Science Spell: \u003c\/strong\u003e Science \u0026amp; the Big Picture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSumma cum laude\u003c\/em\u003e Harvard graduate, comedy screenwriter, math and science teacher, philosopher, and published poet, Chris Spark has been a lifelong seeker of truth, without regard for the conventional ways our culture tends to categorize and fracture reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Science Spell\u003c\/em\u003e is the first collection of essays in the series \u003cem\u003eMaking Belief: Essays Towards a Natural, Magical, Intelligent Faith. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMaking Belief\u003c\/em\u003e, Spark explores deep, life-changing ideas in lively, down-to-earth prose.\u003c\/strong\u003e What are the hidden connections between geometry and Jesus, reason and revelation, the paranormal and the pedestrian? Do boundaries really separate the impish and the important? The sensual and the spiritual? The everyday and the exalted?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy blending what we tend to keep apart, Spark's essays offer us perspective on the ways our culture has conditioned us to feel divided and confused, buffeted by competing ideas about existence.\u003c\/strong\u003e In these essays, you'll discover a way to feel yourself more wholly, as part of a coherent, meaningful cosmos-one in which Western civilization is but one of many stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Spark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736910701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736910702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spark Writes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Chris Spark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410867581183,"sku":"9781736910702","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_890b9894-e65c-40e8-a210-f5ed9fa733b6.jpg?v=1697538061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-science-spell-chris-spark-9781736910702","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}