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Uncommon Sense
Anthony F. Aveni
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Description for Uncommon Sense
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFC; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Disputes over religion and science, such as the divide between teaching "intelligent design" and evolution in U.S. schools, have brought to the public eye a struggle that Anthony Aveni argues is as old as culture itself. All societies seek to understand the natural world, but their search is shaped by culturally distinct views and experiences. In "Uncommon Sense", Aveni explores the common and conflicting ways that ancient and contemporary societies have searched for the literal truth about the natural world's mysteries, from dinosaur bones to the Star of Bethlehem. Aveni demonstrates that a society's approach to making sense of the ... Read more
Disputes over religion and science, such as the divide between teaching "intelligent design" and evolution in U.S. schools, have brought to the public eye a struggle that Anthony Aveni argues is as old as culture itself. All societies seek to understand the natural world, but their search is shaped by culturally distinct views and experiences. In "Uncommon Sense", Aveni explores the common and conflicting ways that ancient and contemporary societies have searched for the literal truth about the natural world's mysteries, from dinosaur bones to the Star of Bethlehem. Aveni demonstrates that a society's approach to making sense of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9780870818288
SKU
V9780870818288
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About Anthony F. Aveni
Anthony Aveni is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropolgy, and Native Amerifan Studies at Colgate University. He has researched and written about Maya Astronomy for more than four decades. He was named a U.S. National Professor of the year and has been awarded the H.B. Nicholson Medal for Excellence in Research in Mesoamerican Studies by Harvard's Peabody ... Read more
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