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- catalog abstract "From the lives of three brilliant and eccentric thinkers, Robert Wright has fashioned an intellectual adventure story that is at once scientific and spiritual. Three Scientists and Their Gods is a look at the nature of both inquiry and faith, at the hazy line where scientific hypothesis passes over into fervent conviction. At the same time, it is a look at how modern science can inform our deepest convictions; it is, in the end, the story of what science has to say about the meaning of modern life.".
- catalog contributor b2093866.
- catalog created "c1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "c1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1988.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 303-308.".
- catalog description "From the lives of three brilliant and eccentric thinkers, Robert Wright has fashioned an intellectual adventure story that is at once scientific and spiritual. Three Scientists and Their Gods is a look at the nature of both inquiry and faith, at the hazy line where scientific hypothesis passes over into fervent conviction. At the same time, it is a look at how modern science can inform our deepest convictions; it is, in the end, the story of what science has to say about the meaning of modern life.".
- catalog description "Part 1 : Edward Fredkin -- Flying Solo -- Fredkin's island -- A finely mottled universe -- The moment of discovery -- The road to riches -- The billiard ball computer -- Dues ex machina -- The meaning of life -- Part 2 : information in formation -- What is information? -- What is meaning? -- Part 3 : Edward O. Wilson -- Unity -- Ants -- People -- Culture -- Mutiny -- God -- Part 4 : social cement -- What is communication? -- What is complexity? -- Part 5 : Kenneth Boulding -- Seminar at the sage -- The Boulding papers -- Ambush at the Eagle Tavern -- The organization revolution -- Dinner at the Penington -- Pierre and Adam and Kenneth -- The ultimate synthesis -- Epilogue : the meanings of the meaning of life.".
- catalog extent "xi, 324 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Three scientists and their gods.".
- catalog identifier "0812913280".
- catalog isFormatOf "Three scientists and their gods.".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "c1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Times Books,".
- catalog relation "Three scientists and their gods.".
- catalog subject "001.53/9 19".
- catalog subject "Information theory.".
- catalog subject "Q360 .W75 1988".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part 1 : Edward Fredkin -- Flying Solo -- Fredkin's island -- A finely mottled universe -- The moment of discovery -- The road to riches -- The billiard ball computer -- Dues ex machina -- The meaning of life -- Part 2 : information in formation -- What is information? -- What is meaning? -- Part 3 : Edward O. Wilson -- Unity -- Ants -- People -- Culture -- Mutiny -- God -- Part 4 : social cement -- What is communication? -- What is complexity? -- Part 5 : Kenneth Boulding -- Seminar at the sage -- The Boulding papers -- Ambush at the Eagle Tavern -- The organization revolution -- Dinner at the Penington -- Pierre and Adam and Kenneth -- The ultimate synthesis -- Epilogue : the meanings of the meaning of life.".
- catalog title "Three scientists and their gods : looking for meaning in an age of information / Robert Wright.".
- catalog type "text".