Calculating God

I never have read much science fiction, I mainly stuck to watching it on TV or in movies. The title of this book caught my eye and decided to give it a shot. When reading it I thought the author must have visited or worked in the Royal Ontario Museum to have such familiarity with the details. I loved the idea that our most advanced scientific thinkers could be so wrong on religion. I also really liked his take on the aliens, both being based on DNA but looking so different, especially the unique method of vision and how it impacted their thinking in the second alien species. This was a great first science fiction book and made me want to read more by this author.