God's Universe

Informationen zum Autor Owen Gingerich is Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science! Emeritus! Department of Astronomy and the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics! Harvard University. Klappentext Taking Johannes Kepler as his guide! Gingerich argues that an individual can be both a creative scientist and a believer in divine design--that indeed the very motivation for scientific research can derive from a desire to trace God's handiwork. Zusammenfassung Gingerich argues that an individual can be both a creative scientist and a believer in divine design—that indeed the motivation for scientific research can derive from a desire to trace God’s handiwork. He carves out “a theistic space” from which to contemplate a universe where God plays an interactive role, unnoticed yet not excluded by science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Peter J. Gomes Prologue 1. Is Mediocrity a Good Idea? 2. Dare a Scientist Believe in Design? 3. Questions without Answers Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index

Product details

• Authors: Owen Gingerich, Gingerich Owen
• Assisted by: Gomes Peter J. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2006
• EAN: 9780674023703
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02370-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 190 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / General, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Religion & beliefs, Philosophy of religion