religion and science

Presents Feynman's thoughts on mind reading and the laws of probability and statistics; on Christian Science and the dubious effect of prayer on healing; and on human interpersonal relationships.

Examines the ideological conflict between Galileo's scientic based worldview and the Church which considered such ideas to be heretical.

Examines the cultural implications of the intersection between science and religion, identifying two intellectual postures people can adopt to questions of knowledge and faith--Skeptics who are devoted to the scientific revolution, and True Believers who look to God, spirits, or extraterrestrials for help in understanding the universe.

Presents a historical survey of the controversy in America between advocates of the theories of creationism and evolution, looking at the public campaigns of antievolutionists to inhabit the teaching of Darwin's theory.

A millennium after a devastating war changed the direction of Earth's rotation, when the Church keeps science and technology suppressed, magician-like Benzamir and Va, a killer-for-hire turned monk, seek Solomon, who is surreptitiously spreading technology for nefarious purposes.