Science and the Myth of Progress

Edited by Mehrdad M Zarandi

ISBN 10: 8186569634 / ISBN 13: 9788186569634

Published by Indica Books, 2006

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Contents: Foreword/Giovanni Monastra. Preface. 1. In the wake of the fall/Frithjof Schuon. 2. Sacred and profane science/Rene Guenon. 3. Traditional cosmology and the modern world/Titus Burckhardt. 4. Religion and science/Lord Northbourne. 5. Contemporary man, between the Rim and the axis/Seyyed Hossein Nasr. 6. Christianity and the religious thought of C.G. Jung/Philip Sherrard. 7. On Earth as it is in Heaven/James S. Cutsinger. 8. The nature and extent of criticism of Evolutionary Theory/Osman Bakar. 9. Knowledge and knowledge/D.M. Matheson. 10. Knowledge and its counterfeits/Gai Eaton. 11. Ignorance/Wendell Berry. 12. The plague of scientistic belief/Wolfgang Smith. 13. Scientism: The Bedrock of the modern Worldview/Huston Smith. 14. Life as Non-Historical reality/Giuseppe Sermonti. 15. Man, creation and the fossil record/Michael Robert Negus. 16. The Act of Creation: Bridging transcendence and immanence/William A. Dembski. 17. Epilogue/E.F. Schumacher. Acknowledgements. Biographies of contributors. Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Science and the Myth of Progress
• Publisher: Indica Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8186569634
• ISBN 13: 9788186569634
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

A collection of essays by scholars, philosophers, and scientists offering penetrating answers to some of the most important questions of the day.

About the Author

Dr. Mehrdad M. Zarandi was born in 1963 in Kerman, Iran. From an early age, he had a keen interest in science and mathematics, which resulted in his taking a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the Isfahan University of Technology. His undergraduate liberal arts studies brought him into contact with the works of contemporary perennialist authors, whose perspective has had a profound effect on his intellectual formation.

He earned Master of Science and Doctoral degrees in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology, where he has continued to work as a research scientist in aeronautics. In addition to his technical research and publications, he has enjoyed a wide range of teaching experiences with undergraduates in mathematics, chemistry, physics, and the history and philosophy of science.