Faith and Wisdom in Science

by Tom McLeish

Book Overview

"Can you Count the Clouds?" asks the voice of God from the whirlwind in the stunningly beautiful catalogue of nature-questions from the Old Testament Book of Job. Tom McLeish takes a scientist's reading of this ancient text as a centrepiece to make the case for science as a deeply human and ancient activity, embedded in some of the oldest stories told about human desire to understand the natural world. Drawing on stories from the modern science of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198757557
• ISBN13: 9780198757559
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"