Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? If you don't know who these authors are, you'd be forgiven for thinking these books came from the Bible Studies section of the bookstore. But in fact, these are science books, most of them written by the foremost thinkers in their respective fields, and many of them proud atheists. All of these books are about pure science. They are not about creationism, intelligent design, or even the relationship between science and religion generally. They do not attempt some religio-scientific synthesis. These books are not about the common ground. They are about science pure and simple, and specifically science's answers to the great questions: what is the universe made of, where did the universe come from, where do we come from? They are some of the best-selling pop science books about physics, math, and evolution. And all of them inexplicably invoke God and the divine in their titles. And this is just a sample of all of hte science books that do this. Walk through the science section of your local bookstore, or browse Amazon, and you'll find many more science books with the same pseudo-religious titles. Why? Why do pop-sci book authors and publishers do this? Can't they just sell the science book with science? Teach the Controversy To answer this question, I think it helps to look at the opposite situation. Why did creationists choose to cloak religion in the language of science when they invented Intelligent Design? I understand that the