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Science Book Review: Complexity – A Guided Tour

May 22, 2019 by Andy Walsh No Comments

Book Cover featuring the palm of a hand, some binary strings, and a close up of a leaf

Complexity introduces readers to the wide-ranging world of complexity science, with an emphasis on the computational side. Plus a robot that cleans up for you.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Science and Faith Tagged With: Book Review, complexity, computer science, evolutionary algorithm, science, science book club

Science Book Review: Programming the Universe

January 23, 2019 by Andy Walsh No Comments

Photo of copper tubing and metal structure comprising a quantum computer

Although Lloyd was not overtly concerned with any religious intersections, I found the discussion of the universe as a quantum computer relevant to a couple of issues that come up in science & faith conversations.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Science and Faith Tagged With: Book Review, Programming the Universe, quantum computing, science, science corner, Seth Lloyd, simulated universe hypothesis

Science Book Review: Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?

November 14, 2018 by Andy Walsh No Comments

The result is a wide-ranging exploration of questions, some specific to the present science-faith conversation and some raised perennially by skeptics and curious seekers.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Science and Faith Tagged With: Book Review, Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?, Ian Hutchinson, science, science corner, scientism, Veritas Forum

Book Review: Frankenstein

October 26, 2018 by Michael J. Stell, MATS 1 Comment

Frankenstein is the one who steals from the gods (God?) the ability to create life from that which is lifeless.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: Adam, Book Review, creation, Creator, creature, Frankenstein, John Milton, Mary Shelley, Paradise Lost, salvation, Satan, sin, the fall, virtue

Science Book Review: Scientism and Secularism

October 24, 2018 by Andy Walsh No Comments

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[Scientism and Secularism] is clearly aimed at fellow Christians who agree with Moreland that science is taking influence away from the church and who need help articulating why theology and religion are still relevant.

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