Religion and Science: Deity Meets Data
Monday 11 June 2007
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In the - often contentious - debate between religion and science these days, we step back from the boxing ring long enough to see how Stephen J. Gould's two magisteria might inform each other.
A physicist makes the scientific case for no God - a NASA scientist says gazing at Saturn's rings is a religious experience - Adam meets Dino in Kentucky's new Creation Museum - and anthropologist Lewis Wolpert explains why the emergence of religion is inevitable.
Guests:
- Lewis Wolpert - Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology of University College, London, and a Fellow of the Royal Society
- Victor Stenger - Professor Emeritus of physics and astronomy at the University of Hawaii and a philosopher at the University of Colorado. His most recent book is God: the Failed Hypothesis
- Frank Tipler - Professor of Mathematical Physics at Tulane University and author of The Physics of Christianity
- Carolyn Porco - Imaging Team Leader of NASA's Cassini Mission
- Gordy Slack - science writer in Oakland, California. He is the author of The Battle over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design and a School Board in Dover, PA. His article on the Creationist Museum can be found at salon.com
This episode was tagged with: Lewis Wolpert Victor Stenger Frank Tipler Carolyn Porco Gordy Slack science religion magisteria physics God Creation museum intelligent design
