Quantum leap
Subtitle: how John Polkinghorne found God in science and religion
By: Dean Nelson and Karl Giberson
Contributors: Giberson, Karl
Publisher: Monarch Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford ; Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781854249722; 9780745954011; 9780857211286; 9780857211279; 9780857211293
Subjects: Religion and science; Religious life; Physicists; Biography; Scientists
Description: The Revd Dr. John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS is a British particle physicist who, after 25 years of research and discovery in academia, resigned his post to become an Anglican priest and theologian. A professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, he was elected to the Royal Society in 1974. As a physicist he participated in the research that led to the theory of the quark, the smallest known particle. This engaging biography-cum-appraisal of his life and work uses Polkinghorne's own story to explore the most important questions: a scientist's view of God; why we pray, and what we expect; does the universe have a point?; what happens next?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-192.)