Quantum Leap
How John Polkinghorne found God in science and religion
Biography & Memoir, Religious, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
| Author: | Professor Dean Nelson, Karl Giberson | ISBN: | 9780857211286 |
| Publisher: | Lion Hudson LTD | Publication: | May 20, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Monarch Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Professor Dean Nelson, Karl Giberson |
| ISBN: | 9780857211286 |
| Publisher: | Lion Hudson LTD |
| Publication: | May 20, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Monarch Books |
| Language: | English |
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?
