Personal reflections on science, faith and culture
Leggi sotto in italiano Scientific knowledge puts us in the conditions to contemplate more closely the beauty of things. Focusing on the harmony, the order and sometimes the counter-intuitiveness of the universe makes us perceive the presence of an immense mystery upon which everything rests. But it is simplicity, rather than ingenuity, sometimes the source... Continue Reading →
Leggi in Italiano This year's Templeton Prize goes to the Brazilian-born theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser. Scientific American has just published an interview with the scientist (first Latin American to get the prize) in which emerges his contribution to affirm life's spiritual dimension. I thought I would share with you some of the passages of the... Continue Reading →
Leggi in Italiano I host this from a sister blog where I first published the post Chemistry is all around us! The Earth, the whole universe including our own bodies are fundamentally composed by just the 92 chemical elements in the periodic table. Our very experience of the natural world with its beautiful display of... Continue Reading →
Leggi in Italiano Most of the greatest scientists of all times were (and some are still) believers. At the same time though some of the excellent minds of our time do not hold a religious view. This has made me often wonder at whether religious belief per se precludes (or encourages) good science. I have... Continue Reading →
Leggi in Italiano I have always been fascinated by the Gospel’s story of Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11). And that’s not just because of my love for good wines (especially the robust red ones from my native Sicily) but also for the very joyful and humane image that... Continue Reading →
Water & Wine 