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Nancy K. Frankenberry is the John Phillips Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College. Her books include "Radical Interpretation in Religion" and "Religion and Radical Empiricism".

"Nancy Frankenberry provides a rare glimpse into the interior lives of scientists as they talk about their faith, their views about God, and spirituality. From Galileo to Ursula Goodenough, she shows critical acumen in selecting the source material and authoritative scholarship in interpreting it. This book offers an unsurpassed treatment of a vital subject."--Max Jammer, author of Einstein and Religion

"Frankenberry has given us a great gift, a groundbreaking collection of writings by preeminent scientists, past and present, on religion and its relation to mathematics and science. The breadth of sources dazzles as does the range of views, from Pascal's Catholicism to Goodenough's religious naturalism. One emerges from this heady mix with the firm conviction, as Einstein puts it, that 'science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.' This is a magnificent achievement, one of the most important books of the year."--Philip Zaleski, editor of The Best American Spiritual Writing series

"Nancy Frankenberry writes lucidly on the long interplay between scientific and religious ideas. With the eye of a professional philosopher of religion she has selected a fascinating parade of scientists and has illuminated their views on religion with particularly perceptive analyses."--Owen Gingerich, author of God's Universe

"An important contribution to the ongoing dialogue between science and religion. I know of no work that deals with a broader chronological and disciplinary range of scientists than does Frankenberry's collection. This book promises to be useful to general readers and members of the academic community. It constitutes an important addition to the burgeoning library of books on the relationship between science and religion."--Jon H. Roberts, coauthor of Darwinism and the Divine in America

Patrick Chan - CASE Magazine

This book raises important issues. . . . I would recommend this book for the explorer in all of us-whether we think we've found what we're looking for, or are still searching.

Pt. 1 Founders of Modern Science 1

Ch. 1 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) 3

Ch. 2 Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) 34

Ch. 3 Francis Bacon (1561-1626) 59

Ch. 4 Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) 79

Ch. 5 Isaac Newton (1643-1727) 102

Ch. 6 Charles Darwin (1809-1882) 122

Ch. 7 Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 143

Ch. 8 Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) 177

Pt. 2 Scientists of Our Time

Ch. 9 Rachel Carson (1907-1964) 197

Ch. 10 Carl Sagan (1934-1996) 222

Ch. 11 Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) 249

Ch. 12 Richard Dawkins (1941-) 268

Ch. 13 Jane Goodall (1934-) 296

Ch. 14 Steven Weinberg (1933-) 317

Ch. 15 John Polkinghorne (1930-) 340

Ch. 16 Freeman Dyson (1923-) 365

Ch. 17 Stephen Hawking (1942-) 392

Ch. 18 Paul Davies (1946-) 412

Ch. 19 Edward O. Wilson (1929-) 437

Ch. 20 Stuart A. Kauffman (1939-) 452

Ch. 21 Ursula Goodenough (1944-) 475

Permission Acknowledgments 505

Index 513