These last two days I have been rather preoccupied with preparations for a weekend course that I’m teaching. In my spare time I’ve been laboring on a new book project I’m working on, something really interesting that makes a novel contribution to the literature but which is broadly accessible to a lay audience. Suffice it to […]
Chet Raymo
Scientists who praise the universe
In his book Consilience E.O. Wilson, respected scientist, master of ants, and father of sociobiology, has written that “Preferring a search for objective reality over revelation is another way of satisfying religious hunger.” (7) At the core of Wilson’s quest is the unification of knowledge across disciplines, all the way from particle physics to poetry, into […]
