A Late Awakening and Other Essays Author:Stanley L. Jaki From back cover: "This book is the eighth collection of essays by the author that in a good part deal with science. — The first essay deals with a strange and very late awakening to the bearing of Godel's theorem of physics. The second is concerned with a similar though much earlier fact, nameley, Galileo's oversight of a wholly mistaken statemen... more »t of Aristotle on the laws of motion.
The next five essays have for their topic, in part with an eye on Duhem's work, the role which Christ, or rather belief in him played and still plays in a proper grasp of the history of science and evven of brave utterances about extra-terrestrials.
In chapter 8 attention is focused on the relation of relativity theory to religion, with special reference to Einstein's own statements, whereas the question of purpose as a problem in biology is discussed in chapter 9.
The next three chapters deal with the broader societal questions of bioethics. Chapter 13 offers an analysis of the conversion to Catholicism of Karl Stern, a noted Jewish psychiatrist. Chapters 14-15 deal with Chesterton, whereas teh thought of Thomas Aquinas constitutes the topic of the concluding two chapters."
"Stanley L. Jaki is a world-renowned historian and philosopher of science with more than fifty books to his credit. He is the winner of the Templeton Prize for 1987."« less