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035 _a(OCoLC)1396551698
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100 1 _aTownsend, Alan R.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aThis ordinary stardust :
_ba scientist's path from grief to wonder /
_cAlan R. Townsend.
250 _aFirst edition.
263 _a2405
264 1 _aNew York :
_bGrand Central Publishing,
_c2024.
300 _a262 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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520 _a"A decade ago, Dr. Alan Townsend's family received two unthinkable, catastrophic diagnoses: 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 lifeboat: 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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aTownsend, Alan R.
600 1 0 _aTownsend, Alan R.
_xFamily.
650 0 _aSpouses of cancer patients
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aBrain
_xCancer
_xPatients
_xFamily relationships.
650 0 _aReligion and science.
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650 0 _aBiogeochemistry.
650 0 _aGrief.
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655 7 _aAutobiographies.
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