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Georges Lemaître and the Big Bang: The Limits of Piety
Georges Lemaître was a Catholic priest and military veteran who in the 1920s and 1930s made astonishing theoretical discoveries that overturned the steady-state universe, the eternal unchanging universe that astronomers had believed in for millennia. Father Lemaître argued that the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, History of Science
Tagged big-bang, Christianity, god, Love, philosophy, Piety, Religion, Science
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The Conundrum of the Past and Present
The Conundrum of the Past is coming an hour and now is… The mirror of the past is the only way to peer at the image of the Son of Man. The reflection is darkened by time and sin. Specters … Continue reading
The Mirror of the Past is found in Books
The mirror of the past is the only way to peer at the image of what is human. The reflection is darkened by time and sin. Specters of the dead, haunting the dusty stacks of long-ago thoughts, turn up repeatedly, … Continue reading
Posted in books, Christianity, Review of books written by Russell Lawson
Tagged bible, books, history, philosophy, Plutarch
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Science in the Ancient World: From Antiquity through the Middle Ages
Ancient science was the intellectual pursuit to understand the origins and workings of nature and humanity. Science is a term that encompasses many methods and varied disciplines over time. Science has engaged human thought for millennia. The questions that … Continue reading
Posted in books, European history, History of Science
Tagged history, philosophy, Science
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