Owen Gingerich Quotes

• Nevertheless, just as I believe that the Book of Scripture illumines the pathway to God, so I believe that the Book of Nature, with its astonishing details-the blade of grass, the Conus cedonulli, or the resonance levels of the carbon atom-also suggest a God of purpose and a God of design. And I think my belief makes me no less a scientist.

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  Believe, Book, Thinking

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• The human brain is by far the most complex physical object known to us in the entire cosmos.

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  Brain, Cosmos, Humans

  Owen Gingerich (2006). “God's Universe”, p.29, Harvard University Press

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• Quite possibly, the purpose of the universe is to provide a congenial home for self-conscious creatures who can ask profound questions and who can probe the nature of the universe itself.

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  Home, Self, Profound

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• Fred Hoyle and I differ on lots of questions, but on this we agree: a common sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the designing hand of a superintelligence.

  Owen Gingerich

  Our World, Hands, Common Sense

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• Stuart Clark's The Sun Kings is undoubtedly the most gripping and brilliant popular-science history account that I have ever read. It is informative, accurate, and relevant. Clark's ability to write so vividly makes me seethe with jealousy.

  Owen Gingerich

  Kings, Writing, Sun

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