Quantum Leap
How John Polkinghorne found God in science and religion
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2011
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Monarch Books (Verlag)
978-1-85424-972-2 (ISBN)
Monarch Books (Verlag)
978-1-85424-972-2 (ISBN)
Key issues in science and religion through the life and work of John Polkinghorne.
Quantum Leap uses key events in the life of Polkinghorne to introduce the central ideas that make science and religion such a fascinating field of investigation. Sir John Polkinghorne is a British particle physicist who, after 25 years of research and discovery in academia, resigned his post to become an Anglican priest and theologian. He was a professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, and was elected to the Royal Society in 1974. As a physicist he participated in the research that led to the discovery of the quark, the smallest known particle. This cheerful biography-cum-appraisal of his life and work uses Polkinghorne's story to approach some of the most important questions: a scientist's view of God; why we pray, and what we expect; does the universe have a point?; moral and scientific laws; what happens next?
Quantum Leap uses key events in the life of Polkinghorne to introduce the central ideas that make science and religion such a fascinating field of investigation. Sir John Polkinghorne is a British particle physicist who, after 25 years of research and discovery in academia, resigned his post to become an Anglican priest and theologian. He was a professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, and was elected to the Royal Society in 1974. As a physicist he participated in the research that led to the discovery of the quark, the smallest known particle. This cheerful biography-cum-appraisal of his life and work uses Polkinghorne's story to approach some of the most important questions: a scientist's view of God; why we pray, and what we expect; does the universe have a point?; moral and scientific laws; what happens next?
Dean Nelson is an award-winning journalist who writes for the New York Times as well as Sojourners and Christianity Today. He is author of 14 books. Karl Giberson, a physicist, is the director of the Forum on Faith and Science at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts, and author of 'Saving Darwin'.
Contents
Prologue 6
Chapter One: Intellectual Suicide 9
Chapter Two: Room for Reality 35
Chapter Three: Droplets of Grace 63
Chapter Four: Regime Change 81
Chapter Five: Here and There 100
Chapter Six: Law and Order 121
Chapter Seven: Life after Life 136
Chapter Eight: In Particular 157
Conclusion: Icon 178
Epilogue 182
Acknowledgments 186
Notes 187
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.5.2011 |
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Zusatzinfo | none |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 130 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 205 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-85424-972-X / 185424972X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-85424-972-2 / 9781854249722 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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