Science & the search for meaning : perspectives from international scientists / edited by Jean Staune ; foreword by Phillip Clayton.

Science et quête de sens. English.

Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, [2006], ©2006.

xvii, 249 pages ; 23 cm

Revisiting the paths to meaning / Bernard D'Espagnat -- Glimpsing the mind of God / Paul Davies -- Mysteries of life: is there "something else"? / Christian de Duve -- Essence and continuity of life in the African society: its evolving nature / Thomas Odhiambo -- Einstein and Gandhi: the meaning of life / Ramanath Cowsik -- Dialogue of civilizations: making history through a new world vision / Ahmed Zewail -- The convergence of science and religion / Charles H. Townes -- Science and religion / Jean Kovalevsky -- Moral philosophy: a space for dialogue between science and theology / Thierry Magnin -- Modern cosmology and the quest for meaning: a dialogue on the road to knowledge / Bruno Guiderdoni -- Science and Buddhism / Trinh Xuan Thuan -- Ordinary faith, ordinary science / William D. Phillips -- The other outlook / Khalil Chamcham -- Science and transcendence: limits of language and common sense / Michael Heller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.