Humble Before the Void

Humble Before the Void
Authors Chris Impey
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Templeton Press
Publication date
May 19, 2014 (hardcover)
Media type Print (hardcover) and electronic (e-book)
Pages 256
ISBN 978-1599473925
Preceded by Dreams of Other Worlds
Followed by Beyond (book)

Humble before the Void: A Western Astronomer, his Journey East, and a Remarkable Encounter Between Western Science and Tibetan Buddhism is a non-fiction book by astronomer Chris Impey that takes the reader on an intellectual journey with Buddhist monks as they learn cosmology. With a foreword by the Dalai Lama, the book describes the progress of the first cohort in the "Science for Monks" program, located in northern India. The book was published as a hardcover by Templeton Press in 2014.


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