Science vs religion-the two have traditionally been seen as having an adversarial relationship, from before Galileo to this day. "Faith in Science" demonstrates how misleading this portrayal is, by allowing those who know best-scientists-speak for themselves.
W. Mark Richardson and Gordy Slack, philosopher and science writer respectively, conducted interviews with twelve of the world's top scientists on subjects ranging from the existence and nature of God to the role of religion and spirituality in modern scientific work. What's revealed is a broad diversity of perspectives on the relationship between science and religion. The approaches are as surprising as they are varied, but all defy the stereotypes embedded in so much of the popular science versus religion debates.
The chapters open with brief profiles of the scientist interviewed. Conversations explore such issues as the comparative natures of scientific and religious truth; changing conceptions of God in a world whose materiality is increasingly emphasized; the implications for religion of new discoveries in physics and astronomy; and the limits of both science and religion. This complex mosaic of unguarded accounts demonstrates how two of the major cultural forces in modern life, so often portrayed as conflicting, can coexist.
Science vs religion-the two have traditionally been seen as having an adversarial relationship, from before Galileo to this day. "Faith in Science" demonstrates how misleading this portrayal is, by allowing those who know best-scientists-speak for themselves.
W. Mark Richardson and Gordy Slack, philosopher and science writer respectively, conducted interviews with twelve of the world's top scientists on subjects ranging from the existence and nature of God to the role of religion and spirituality in modern scientific work. What's revealed is a broad diversity of perspectives on the relationship between science and religion. The approaches are as surprising as they are varied, but all defy the stereotypes embedded in so much of the popular science versus religion debates.
The chapters open with brief profiles of the scientist interviewed. Conversations explore such issues as the comparative natures of scientific and religious truth; changing conceptions of God in a world whose materiality is increasingly emphasized; the implications for religion of new discoveries in physics and astronomy; and the limits of both science and religion. This complex mosaic of unguarded accounts demonstrates how two of the major cultural forces in modern life, so often portrayed as conflicting, can coexist.
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
Richardson, Mark; Slack, Gordy
""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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