Stanley Jaki

Stanley L. Jaki (egentlig Szaniszló László Jáki; født 17. august 1924 i Győr i Ungarn, død 7. april 2009 i Madrid i Spania) var en ungarsk katolsk prest, fysiker og vitenskapsfilosof. Han tilhørte benediktinerordenen.


== Liv og virke ==
Jaki trådte inn i benediktinerordenen etter vanlig skolegang, og studerte frem til doktorgrad ved Fordham University (1958), under Viktor Hess, medoppdageren av kosmisk stråling og nobelprisvinner. Etter sin doktordispustas forsket han innen området vitenskapsfilosofi ved Stanford University, University of California i Berkeley og Princeton University og ved Institute for Advanced Study. Siden 1976 underviste han i fysikk ved Seton Hall University i New Jersey.
Jaki skrev en rekke bøker om forholdet mellom vitenskapene og kristendommen. I 1987 ble han tildelt Templetonprisen. Jaki var den første som foreslo at det gödelske ufullstendighetsteorem også kunne anvendes som verdensformel.


== Verker ==
1966. The Relevance of Physics. University of Chicago Press.
1969. Brain, Mind and Computers. Herder & Herder.
1969. The Paradox of Olbers' Paradox. Herder & Herder.
1973. The Milky Way: an Elusive Road for Science. New York: Science History Publications.
1974. Science and Creation: From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Univers. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
1978. Planets and Planetarians. A History of Theories of the Origin of Planetary Systems. John Wiley & Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
1978. The Road of Science and the Ways to God. Univ. of Chicago Press, and Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-226-39145-0
1978. The Origin of Science and the Science of its Origins. Scottish Academic Press.
1980. Cosmos and Creator. Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7073-0285-4
1983. Angels, Apes and Men. LaSalle IL: Sherwood, Sugden & Co. ISBN 0-89385-017-9
1984. Uneasy Genius. The Life and Work of Pierre Duhem. Den Haag: Nyhoff.
1986. Chesterton, a Seer of Science. University of Illinois Press.
1986. Lord Gifford and His Lectures. A Centenary Retrospective. Edinburgh: Scottish Academis Press, and Macon, GA.: Mercer University Press.
1986. Chance or Reality and Other Essays. Lanham, MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
1988. The Absolute Beneath the Relative and Other Essays. Lanham, MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
2000 (1988). The Savior of Science. W. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-4772-2
1989. Miracles and Physics. Front Royal. VA.: Christendom Press. ISBN 0-931888-70-0
1989. God and the Cosmologists. Regnery Gateway Inc.; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. (auch unter dem Titel The Purpose of it All)
1990. The Only Chaos and Other Essays. Lanham MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
1991. Scientist and Catholic, An Essay on Pierre Duhem. Front Royal VA: Christendom Press.
1998 (1992) Genesis 1 Through the Ages. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
1996. Bible And Science. Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press. ISBN 0-931888-63-8
2000. The Limits of a Limitless Science and Other Essays. Intercollegiate Studies Institute. ISBN 1-882926-46-3
2008. Hail Mary, full of grace: A Commentary. New Hope, KY: Real View Books. ISBN 978-1-892539-06-9


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