This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder (Hardback NEW)

Description: From Goodreads: A compassionate, vulnerable, and transformative exploration of the nurturing and spiritual power of scientific wonder, as illuminated through the tragic dual cancer diagnoses of author Dr. Alan Townsend’s wife and daughter. A decade ago, Dr. Alan Townsend’s family received two unthinkable pieces of catastrophic news: his 4-year-old daughter and his brilliant and vivacious wife developed unrelated, life-threatening forms of brain cancer. As he witnessed his young daughter fight during the courageous final months of her mother’s life, Townsend – a lifelong scientist – was indelibly altered. He began to see scientific inquiry as more than a source of answers to a given problem, but also as a a lens on the world that could help him find peace with the painful realities he could not change. Through scientific wonder, he found ways to bring meaning to his darkest period. At a time when society’s relationship with science is increasingly polarized while threats to human life on earth continue to rise, Townsend offers a balanced, moving perspective on the common ground between science and religion through the spiritual fulfillment he found in his work. Awash in Townsend's electrifying and breathtaking prose, This Ordinary Stardust offers hope that life can carry on even in the face of near-certain annihilation.

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Book Title: This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Gr

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UPC: 9781538741184

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

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Original Language: English

Intended Audience: Adults

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EAN: 9781538741184

ISBN: 9781538741184

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Genre: Physics, Religious & Spiritual

Topic: Grief

Number of Pages: 272 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: This Ordinary Stardust : a Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Subject: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Internal Medicine, General

Publication Year: 2024

Item Height: 0.9 in

Item Weight: 13.3 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Alan Townsend

Item Length: 8.2 in

Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Nature, Science, Medical

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Hardcover