The Varieties of Scientific Experience

The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

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Author	Carl Sagan
Language	English
Subject	Relationship between religion and science
Publisher	The Penguin Press HC
Publication date	November 2, 2006
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	304
ISBN	1-59420-107-2

The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God is a book collecting transcribed talks on the subject of natural theology that astronomer Carl Sagan delivered in 1985 at the University of Glasgow as part of the Gifford Lectures. The book was first published posthumously in 2006, 10 years after his death. The title is a reference to The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.

The book was edited by Ann Druyan, who also provided an introduction section. The sixth chapter, "The God Hypothesis", was later reprinted in Christopher Hitchens' anthology The Portable Atheist.