I’ve just finished reading The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin. If you are in anyway interested in modern physics then I recommend it. It’s great fun and very thought provoking. To describe the content, I guess Smolin has three or four things going on simultaneously. The motivating theme is his worry over the extreme …
science, art and religion
I’ve occasionally dabbled here with the idea of comparing science and art to help characterise science. So, I was interested to see art historian Daniel Siedell doing a similar thing in reverse, using discussions of Science and Religion to illuminate the interaction between art and religion. Have a look and try for some cross-cross-fertilisation.
Science and Grace (13)
OK, I have to finish this before the year is out — I can’t have a book ‘review’ that lasts more than a year. So let’s wind up with an overview of my feelings on Science and Grace… The first great thing about the book are that it asks the right questions. As I have …
Science and Grace (12)
I’ve said that the lack of a full discussion of creation is a weak point for Science and Grace. This comes out most clearly (to me) in the consideration of what it means to be a Christian in science and especially in relation to God’s renewal of creation. The book asks what difference, if any, …
Science and Grace (11)
In Science and Grace, Morris and Petcher have a great chapter discussing the biblical story — the creation-fall-redemption-re-creation sequence — in relation to science. Within this they have a welcome focus on the relationship of science to Christ and redemption/re-creation. Having started discussing science in the context of the biblical story in this blog, I …
Science and Grace (10)
The astute reader will have noticed that I never really finished blogging on the book Science and Grace. To be honest, I found some parts of the last few chapters a little frustrating & didn’t want to write purely out of that. Some of the points have been floating around in the back of my …
soft toy apocalypse
In celebration of the LHC switching on a CERN tomorrow, why not visit the truly wonderful Particle Zoo. Of course, it may be the last meaningful thing you do before we accidentally destroy the world. But that’s life, I guess…