WE TEND TO ASSUME that science involves demystification: Rainbows are not a sign of God’s covenant with man, science tells us, but simply sunlight refracted through the prism of water vapor; thunderbolts are not products of the wrath of Zeus, but of electrical charges in the atmosphere–you get the idea. But what’s striking is how often modern science actually increases our sense of awe at the ineffable mysteries of the universe.
Nowhere is this more evident than in what science is now telling us about the development of nascent human life, as featured in the cover story of last week’s issue of Time magazine. The article is derived from a remarkable new book, “From Conception to Birth: A Life Unfolds,” by scientific visualization expert Alexander Tsiaras and writer Barry Werth.
