TY - BOOK AU - Gould, Stephen Jay TI - Rocks of ages : : science and religion in the fullness of life SN - 9780345450401034545040X AV - BL240.309 .GS01 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - New York : PB - Ballantine Pub. Group, KW - Religion and science N1 - Problem stated: Preamble -- Tale of two Thomases -- Fate of two fathers -- Problem resolved in principle: NOMA defined and defended -- NOMA illustrated -- Coda and segue -- Historical reasons for conflict: Contingent basis for intensity -- Columbus and the flat Earth: example of the fallacy of warfare between science and religion -- Defending NOMA from both sides now: struggle against modern creationism -- Psychological reasons for conflict: Can nature nurture our hopes? -- Nature's cold bath and Darwin's defense of NOMA -- Two false paths of irenics ER -