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Modern Physics and Ancient Faith by Stephen M. Barr (2003-03-31)

Stephen M. Barr

A considerable amount of public debate and media print has been devoted to the "war between science and religion." In his accessible and eminently readable new book, Stephen M. Barr demonstrates that what is really at war with religion is not science itself, but a philosophy called scientific materi...

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The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra recommended the book as a still-relevant survey of how modern physics relates to religion, describing it as openminded and not dogmatic.

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from about 20 years ago by a physicist named Stephen Barr, called Ancient Physics and Modern Faith. That is, I think despite being a little bit dated, is still really the best overall survey of sort o...

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Ezra recommended the book as a still-relevant survey of how modern physics relates to religion, describing it as openminded and not dogmatic.

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from about 20 years ago by a physicist named Stephen Barr, called Ancient Physics and Modern Faith. That is, I think despite being a little bit dated, is still really the best overall survey of sort of where arguments in modern physics that relate to religion stand and how a reasonable person might think about it.

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