The author of The Sacred Depths of Nature, Ursula Goodenough, received the Humanist Pioneer Award at the American Humanist Association 2005 conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has served as president of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science and presents major lectures on science and religion. She is professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis and former associate professor of biology at Harvard.

The Sacred Depths of Nature reconciles scientific understanding with human spiritual yearnings. Her writing style makes it possible for even non-scientists to appreciate the origins of all life and the universe and to respond with a sense of reverence and wonder.

Goodenough is that exceptional intellectual who can capture the reader's attention as she weaves together the fascinating stories of evolution. When you finish The Sacred Depths of Nature you will agree with her introductory statement: "The point of hearing a story for the first time is not to remember it but to experience it."

--Flo Wineriter

The Sacred Depths Of Nature
Ursula Goodenough
Oxford University Press 1998