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1 online resource (192 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
Quantum Leap uses key events in the life of Polkinghorne to introduce the central ideas that make science and religion such a fascinating field of investigation. Sir John Polkinghorne 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. He was a professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, and was elected to the Royal Society in 1974. As a physicist he participated in the research that led to the discovery of the quark, the smallest known particle. This cheerful biography-cum-appraisal of his life and work uses Polkinghorne's story to approach some of the most important questions: a scientist's view of God; why we pray, and what we expect; does the universe have a point?; moral and scientific laws; what happens next? |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Polkinghorne, J. C., 1930-2021
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious.
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Religion and science.
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Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Scientists -- Religious life.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Giberson, Karl, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nelson, Dean. Quantum leap. Oxford ; Grand Rapids, Mich. Monarch Books, 2011. 9781854249722 (UK pbk.) (DLC)2011284269 |
| Standard No. |
9780857211286 |
| ISBN |
9780857211286 (epub) |
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