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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This updated and revised edition should please readers who have been buying this book ion great numbers over more than a decade, and help the book to an even larger readership in the future. John Polkinghorne is certainly a rare authority in his field.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Templeton Award winner and theoretical physicist John Polkinghorne explores the gap between science and religion. Do we have to choose between the scientific and religious views of the world, or are they complementary understandings that give us a fuller picture than either on their own would provide?<i> Quarks, Chaos, & Christianity</i> shows the ways that both science and religion point to something greater than ourselves. Topics include: chaos theory; evolution; miracles; cosmology; guest for God; how God answers prayer; our human nature; religious fact and opinion; scientists and prayer.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>In a crystal clear discussion of science and religion and their logical friendship in the search for truth and understanding, Polkinghorne draws on discoveries made in atomic physics to make credible the claims of Christianity, and helps refine Christian perceptions through the knowledge that the new science brings. He discusses belief in God, chaos, evolution, miracles, and prayer, and gives an answer to the question: Can a scientist believe?

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