The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust
For those repelled by the agnostic or atheistic views of science, here is a book from a man of faith. Francis Collins bridges a deep resume of scientific and career accomplishment with a conversion to Christianity through a love of nature and “a leap of faith”. He was formerly the Director of the NIH and was on the firing line during the pandemic. The author struggles to understand why resistance to scientific thought goes so deeply in so many people when he can clearly see the results and progress that scientific thought has created.
Like the ancient worldview, the author believes that scientific thought and reliance on faith are not mutually exclusive. He ponders the inexplicable thinking of those buying the flat earth and 6,000-year-old earth myths when the natural world makes truth self-evident. As head of the Human Genome Project, he lead to the sequencing of all three billion letters of our DNA. For that alone, here is a book one can rely on for a vision of truth and wisdom.
Author | Francis S Collins |
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Star Count | 3/5 |
Format | Hard |
Page Count | 304 pages |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Publish Date | 17-Sep-2024 |
ISBN | 9780316576307 |
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Issue | January 2025 |
Category | Philosophy |
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