Overview

Where did we come from? Where are we going? Why? These are some of the questions addressed in this book by some of the world's most distinguished scientists. Through intimate conversations with leading scientists who hold religious beliefs (including two Nobel Laureates), the reader is invited to explore the connections and conflicts between the scientific and the religious approaches to truth. Subjects range from the existence and nature of god to the role of spirituality in modern science. The result is a mosaic of unguarded accounts of how two of the major cultural forces can work together to offer unique insights into the ultimate questions of our existence. W. Mark Richardson teaches at the General Theological Seminary in New York. He is the co-editor of Science: History, Method, Dialogue (Routledge, 1996).

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Author:   Mark Richardson ,  Gordy Slack ,  Gordy Slack
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780415257657

ISBN 10:   0415257654
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   06 September 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Includes interviews with the following scientists: Charles Townes, Nobel Prize for invention of the maser and the laser, University of California at Berkeley; Anne Foerst, Massachussetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Divinity School; Arno Penzias, former Research Director at Bell Labs, New Jersey, Nobel Prize winner in 1978; Mehdi Golshani, University of Technology, Tehran; Pauline Rudd, Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford; Brian Cantwell Smith, Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science, Indiana University; Bruno guiderdoni, Paris Institute of Astrophysics; Joel Primack, University of California at Santa Cruz; Mark Pesce, co-creator of Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), Principal Engineer for Shiva Corporation; John Polkinghorne, Anglican Priest, Past President of Queen's College, Cambridge, former Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge; John Rodwell, Professor of Plant Ecology, Lancaster University and Anglican priest; Kenneth Kendler, Medical College of Virginia, Director of the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University

Reviews

Faith in Science illustrates the value of a collection of interviews done well...This collection of interviews domenstrates the great diversity of outlooks and opinions that scientists hold when addressing questions related to science and religion. <br>-Donald A. Yerxa <br> !!!!! Must read...NYC, and California Wild columnist Gordy Slack provide a scientist's and a journalist's perspective in interviewing a dozen international scientists on God, religion, spirituality, and scientific truth. Today's Books 2002. <br>

""""Faith in Science illustrates the value of a collection of interviews done well...This collection of interviews domenstrates the great diversity of outlooks and opinions that scientists hold when addressing questions related to science and religion."" -Donald A. Yerxa ""!!!!! Must read...NYC, and ""California Wild columnist Gordy Slack provide a scientist's and a journalist's perspective in interviewing a dozen international scientists on God, religion, spirituality, and scientific truth. ""Today's Books 2002.""

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Richardson, Mark; Slack, Gordy

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