The Priest-Physicist Who Would Marry Science to Religion

John Polkinghorne leads a disparate group of scientists the controversial search for God within the fractured logic of quantum physic

By Zeeya Merali
Mar 4, 2011 12:00 AMMay 21, 2019 6:00 PM
Carina Nebula (Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/M. Irwin/J. Lewis)
VISTA images of the Carina Nebula show an infrared view we can't see with our eyes. Eta Carinae appears as the bright ball of light just above the "v" of dark material at center; the Keyhole Nebula is to the right of Eta Carinae's glow.(Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/M. Irwin/J. Lewis)

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