The Varieties of Scientific Experience, (Paperback)

from greeniezona

I had been wanting to read this book since it first came out in 2006. First, it took me a while to procure a copy. Then, I convinced myself that I had to read James's The Varieties of Religious Experience first. For whatever reason, nas much as I was interested in James's work, I just could make ...

from Beej415

This book was published posthumously and consists of a series of lectures touching on religion and science. I found it very interesting and engaging. Sagan's main point, which deserves repeating, is that skepticism is good and should be welcomed, that rational analysis is useful, and that theorie...

from schteve

More commonsense thinking from one of the 20th Century's leaders in same. I found the most interesting section was the question and answer part which shows how well Dr Sagan could express himself off the cuff even when faced with people who refuse to budge in their opposition to his ideas. Some o...

from NicholasPayne

Nicely done. Sagan does less in the way of arguing a point of view than lending perspective on just how narrowly concieved religion is - how much is left OUT of religious thought with respect to both time and space. Carl Sagan has done as much to dispel human vanity than any other writer I can th...

from JDHomrighausen

I was taken by Sagan when I read [Cosmos], and I am taken with him in this book, the record of his 1985 Gifford Lectures. Sagan tackles questions of religion and the future of humanity using the mixture of incisive thought and open humility that he does in his other books. His main idea is that r...