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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.

ISBN-13: 9781439129586

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Free Press

Publication Date: 06-16-2009

Pages: 256

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.44(h) x 0.80(d)

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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Preface xi

Prologue: A Colleague Turns Sixty xv

1 Has Science Replaced the Bible? The Great Debate 1

2 The New Convergence: Science, Scientists, and the Bible 21

3 The Age of Our Universe: Six Days and Fifteen Billion Years 43

4 The Six Days of Genesis 63

5 The Nature of God: Biblical Expectations for an Infinite yet Immanent Creator 75

6 Life: Its Origins and Its Evolution 87

7 Evolution: Statistics Versus Random Mutations 107

8 The Watchmaker and the Watch 121

9 The Origin of Humankind 131

10 The Science of Free Will 153

11 Why Bad (and Good) Things Happen 173

12 Bread from Earth: A Universe Tuned for Life 183

Epilogue: Well, What About Dinosaurs? 199

Appendix: 205

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 219

Acknowledgments 227

Index of Biblical References 229

General Index 231