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Practical Mystic: Religion, Science, and A. S. Eddington

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This is the first work I've read by Matthew Stanley - he is insightful and thorough, using Eddington as a focus for delving into the hot topic of science and religion. The book is extremely well-written, and clear enough for the lay reader to understand. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in the interaction of science and religion.

Sir Arthur Eddington and Sir James Jeans had a powerful

impact on the thinking of Benjamin Lee Whorf, the famous

anthropological linguist. How Whorf absorbed and transformed

their ideas in his polemical and academic writings is a

fascinating chapter in the history of ideas.

"The Benjamin Lee Whorf Legacy" CD-ROM is described in detail

at petercrollins.com and can be purchased for libraries at that

site.

So much of what was explored by Eddington, Jeans, and Whorf is

directly relevant to current debates about the age of the earth,

Darwinism, etc. It is upsetting to watch the current defenders of

faith NOT use this information to help their argument; then and

now, the defense of faith has not been without sophisticated and

scientific advocates!

Peter Rollins

RollinsPC@aol.com

www.petercrollins.com