Quantum leap : how John Polkinghorne found God in science and religion / Dean Nelson and Karl Giberson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Dean, author.

Giberson, Karl, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polkinghorne, J. C., 1930-2021.

Polkinghorne, J. C.

Scientists--Religious life.

Scientists.

Physicists--Great Britain--Biography.

Physicists.

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

none.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; Grand Rapids, Michigan : Monarch Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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?

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857211286

0857211285