Science and Wonders: Conversations about Science and Belief

Russell Stannard, Professor of Physics and Christian theologian, interviewed a collection of leaders in religion and various scientific disciplines for BBC Radio 4 in 1996. This book is a friendly, readable and informative account of those conversations. The frontiers of scientific discovery are relentlessly advancing and this book attempts to discover whether God may be a casualty of this never-ending battle to understand. By interviewing such a wide range of entertaining and relevant people, Stannard has prepared a stimulating review of current feelings that will interest readers from all backgrounds, whether they be scientists, theologians, or a combination of both. The expertise of interviewees spans a wide range of fields: from Will Provine (biologist at Cornell University and atheist) and Richard Dawkins (zoologist and popular science author), to Jocelyn Bell-Burnell (the astronomer who discovered pulsars and a central figure in the Quaker movement) and John Habgood (theologian, former physiologist and previously Archbishop of York). The questions that are asked of them give a fascinating insight into their views and their justification for holding them. Do astronomers think of themselves as insignificant specks lost in the enormity of space? Do evolutionary biologists consider themselves merely animals? Read this book and find out!