Aczel vs. Krauss
My review of Amir D. Aczel’s latest book, Why Science Does Not Disprove God, over at Forbes….
William Stoeger, SJ: 1943-2014
My short tribute to Fr. William Stoeger of the Vatican Observatory.
On RealClear Science’s List of Great Priest-Scientists
As a result of the controversy surrounding the historical treatment of figures such as Giordano Bruno in Neil de Grasse Tyson’s Cosmos reboot, and the flurry of posts it’s generated about the ‘war’ between religion and science, RealClearScience published a list of 9 Priests Who Were Great Scientists. The notion that science and religion are in… Continue reading On RealClear Science’s List of Great Priest-Scientists
Einstein Beat Hoyle
Almost 20 years before the late Fred Hoyle and his colleagues devised the Steady State Theory, it turns out that Albert Einstein toyed with a similar idea: that the universe was eternal, expanding outward with a consistent input of spontaneously generating matter. But, of course, it’s more complicated than that. Continued here….
Discussing the Nye/Ham Debate on San Francisco Talk Radio
Last night I discussed the ‘great debate’ between Bill Nye, the Science Guy, and Ken Ham, Founder and CEO of Answers in Genesis, on Gil Gross’s afternoon radio program on San Francisco’s KKSF, 910AM.My segment starts about halfway in. It’s always a bit jarring to hear your own voice, especially through a telephone. (Hopefully I did not… Continue reading Discussing the Nye/Ham Debate on San Francisco Talk Radio