Review
A fascinating read worthy of careful study. He presents his personal convictions and supports them with carefully crafted argument--Dr. Marlan O. Scully, Burgess distinquished Professor, Taxas A & M University and Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
It is not often I read a book with which I find so much accord--Dr. Phillip Skell, Evan Pugh Emeritus Professor Pennsylvania State University, Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Henry Scaefer is arguably among the top twenty living research chemists in the world. He is also a deeply committed Christian--Professor Robert Vergenz, Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of North Florida
Because of the philosophical pronouncements of some scientists and non-scientists, many people today assume that this is conflict between science and Christianity. But the eminent physical chemist and Christian Henry Schaefer shows in Science and Christianity: Conflic and Coherence? that there need be no conflict. This delightful set of essays, arising out of lectures that Professor Schaefer has delivered at hundreds of leading academic institutions around the world, answers many questions that people have about the relationship between science and Christianity and also gives examples of many leading scientist that are Chyristains--Dr. Don Page, Professor of Physics, University of Alberta and long time collaborator with Stephen Hawking
This book is a great testimony to God's power in a scientist's life--Dr. Christopher W. Macosko, Professor of Materials Science, University of Minnesota and Member, National Academy of Engineering
Professor Schaefer makes a lucid and persuasive case for why it is 'natural' for a natural scientist to believe in God--Dr. Robert Kaita, Principal Research Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
These are just the sorts of things that the science and faith discussion most needs. And they go to make up a powerful and helpful book of Christianty apologetic that I can heartily recommend--Professor Ian Hutchinson, Chair, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
--Letters to author
Book of the Week --
ChristianityToday, 2/23/04 On Thursday, March 4, 2004, Professor Schaefer lectures at Princeton University on "The Big bang, Stephen Hawkins, and God." -- Princeton University, The Templeton Lecture, 3/4/04 This is a great book by one of the Christian world's premier thinkers and one of America's eminent scientists -- Charles W. Colson, BreakPoint.org, January 5, 2004 This is a highly recommended read for both Christians and non-Christians. -- Dr. J. Terence Morrison, University Faculty Newsletter, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, October, 2003 This is one of those rare books that combines solid substance with understandable style, spiced with humor. --Dr. David Fisher, Editor, Newsletter of the American Scientific Affliation, September, 2003
On Thursday, March 4, 2004, Professor Schaefer lectures at Princeton University on "The Big bang, Stephen Hawkins, and God." -- Princeton University, The Templeton Lecture, 3/4/04
This is a great book by one of the Christian world's premier thinkers and one of America's eminent scientists -- Charles W. Colson, BreakPoint.org, January 5, 2004
This is a highly recommended read for both Christians and non-Christians. -- Dr. J. Terence Morrison, University Faculty Newsletter, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, October, 2003
This is one of those rare books that combines solid substance with understandable style, spiced with humor. -- Dr. David Fisher, Editor, Newsletter of the American Scientific Affliation, September, 2003
About the Author
Professor Henry ("Fritz") Schaefer is one of the most distinguished physical scientists in the world. The U.S. News and World Report cover story of December 23, 1991 speculated that Professor Schaefer is a "five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize." He has received four of the most prestigious awards of the American Chemical Society, as well as the most highly esteemed award (the Centenary Medal) given to a non-British subject by London's Royal Society of Chemistry. Moreover, his general interest lectures on science and religion have riveted large audiences in nearly all the major universities in the U.S.A. and in Beijing, Budapest, Calcutta, Cape Town, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Istanbul, London, Mumbai (Bombay), Paris, Prague, Sarajevo, Shanghai, Singapore, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Tokyo, and Zurich. In the present book, Dr. Schaefer's university lectures have been expanded to full length essays. Thus we have a first-hand account of the lively current science/Christianity discussions by one of the major participants. Finally, the present book describes why and how Dr. Schaefer became a Christian as a young professor of chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. Throughout, the book retains the highly personal character of the university lectures, respect for (most of) those with whom the author disagrees, and a delightful sense of humor. On April 30, 2004, he was named a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences
