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Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Prologue: A Colleague Turns Sixty -- 1. Has Science Replaced the Bible? The Great Debate -- 2. The New Convergence: Science, Scientists, and the Bible -- 3. The Age of Our Universe: Six Days and Fifteen Billion Years -- 4. The Six Days of Genesis -- 5. The Nature of God: Biblical Expectations for an Infinite yet Immanent Creator -- 6. Life: Its Origins and Its Evolution -- 7. Evolution: Statistics Versus Random Mutations -- 8. The Watchmaker and the Watch -- 9. The Origin of Humankind -- 10. The Science of Free Will -- 11. Why Bad (and Good) Things Happen -- 12. Bread from Earth: A Universe Tuned for Life -- Epilogue: Well, What About Dinosaurs? -- Appendix: -- a. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) as a Universal Clock -- b. Problems in Estimating the Age of the Universe -- c. The Logic of Having a Biblical Calendar -- d. The Long Life Spans at the Time of Adam and Eve -- e. Genesis Day Three -- f. The Flood at the Time of Noah -- g. A Letter and a Reply: Why God and the God Particle Are Not at Odds -- h. What Is the Wisdom of Creation? -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Biblical References -- General Index.
Marc Notes:
Originally published: New York; London: Free, 1998.; With this book, physicist Gerald Schroeder aims to vindicate the fruits of sophisticated biblical scholarship with the tools of modern science. Schroeder uses Einstein's theory of relativity to show how science backs up the story of Genesis.
Biographical Note:
Gerald L. Schroeder is the author of
The Hidden Face of God,
The Science of God, and
Genesis and the Big Bang. He lives in Jerusalem with his family.
Review Quotes:
"This engaging and humane book advances the dialogue beyond the clichés and stereotypes of which both scientists and religious believers have been guilty." --
Washington Post
Review Quotes:
"Schroeder offers fresh evidence for the eternal argument that science and religion, matter and spirit, need not be seen as conflicting or mutually exclusive." --
Publishers Weekly
Publisher Marketing:
For the readers of
The Language of God, another instant classic from "a sophisticated and original scholar" (
Kirkus Reviews) that disputes the idea that science is contrary to religion.
In
The Science of God, distinguished physicist and Biblical scholar Gerald L. Schroeder demonstrates the surprising parallels between a variety of Biblical teachings and the findings of biochemists, paleontologists, astrophysicists, and quantum physicists. In a brilliant and wide-ranging discussion of key topics that have divided science and religion--free will, the development of the universe, the origin of life, and the origin of man--Schroeder argues that the latest science and a close reading of the Bible are not just compatible but interdependent.
This timely reissue of
The Science of God features a brand-new preface by Schroeder and a compelling appendix that addresses the highly publicized experiment in 2008 in which scientists attempted to re-create the chemical composition of the cosmos immediately after the Big Bang. It also details Schroeder's lucid explanations of complex scientific and religious concepts, such as the theory of relativity, the passage of time, and the definitions of crucial Hebrew words in the Bible. Religious skeptics, Biblical literalists, scientists, students, and physicists alike will be riveted by Schroeder's remarkable contribution to the raging debate between science and religion.
Contributor Bio:Schroeder, Gerald L
The author of
The Hidden Face of God and
Genesis and the Big Bang, Gerald L. Schroeder is an applied theologian with undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work has been reported in
Time, Newsweek, Scientific American, and in leading newspapers around the world. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and their five children.
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