More Than Meets the Eye
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15. Michael D. Gershon, “The Enteric Nervous System: A Second Brain,” Hospital Practice, 15 July 1999, page 31.
16. “Your Liver, A Vital Organ,” American Liver Foundation website, http://gi.ucsf. edu/alf/info/infovital.html, 1997.
17. Anna Mae Diehl, M.D., and Clifford Steer, M.D., “Liver Regeneration,” American Liver Foundation website, http://gi.ucsf.edu/alf/pubs/progregen.html, 1996, page 1.
18. Diehl and Steer, page 1.
19. “Reflections,” quoting C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity, Christianity Today, 11 January 1999, page 80.
20. John 4:32,34.
21. Cameron et al., page 96.
22. Brand and Yancey, page 70.
23. Cameron et al., page 98.
24. K. C. Cole, The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty (San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997), pages 54-55.
25. “Bone Physiology—Remodeling,” University of Washington website, http://courses.washington.edu/bonephys/physiology.html.
26. Carolyn J. Strange, “Boning Up on Osteoporosis,” U.S. Food and Drug Administration website, Publication No. 97-1257 (FDA), http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/796_bone. html, August 1997, page 2.
27. Cameron et al., page 91.
28. Dan Cray, “NASA Builds Muscles,” Time, 22 March 1999, page 88.
29. Psalm 139:14.
30. Job 10:8,12.
31. Alma E. Guinness (editor), ABC’s of the Human Body (Pleasantville, NY: The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 1987), page 270.
32. Anthony Smith, Intimate Universe: The Human Body (London: BBC Books, 1998), page 27.
33. Psalm 139:13.
Chapter 7: Our Body, His Temple
1. Genesis 1:26.
2. Psalm 8:5; Hebrews 2:7.
3. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.
4. Romans 12:1.
5. Luke 1:30,32.
6. Philippians 2:5-7.
7. Romans 12:4-5.
Chapter 8: Energy, Force, Matter, and God
1. Hugh Ross, quoting Robert Griffiths, The Creator and the Cosmos: How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1995), page 123.
2. Owen Gingerich, quoting Fred Hoyle, in “Let There Be Light: Modern Cosmogony and Biblical Creation,” Timothy Ferris (editor), The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991), pages 392-393.
3. Schrödinger’s cat is a famous example of the indeterminism built into quantum physics. The cat is in an opaque box with a random radioactive decay switching device. If the decay randomly triggers one switch, the cat will be fed food and live. If the decay randomly triggers the other switch, the cat will be fed poison and die. Schrödinger’s point is that within the strange quantum world of random indeterminism, the cat is both dead and alive. Once we open the box, the cat will be either dead or alive. But before we open the box, the cat is both dead and alive at the same time.
4. Clifford A. Pickover, quoting Roger Shepard, Keys to Infinity (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995), page xvii.
5. Paul Davies, quoting Fred Hoyle, The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), page 22.
6. Ian Marshall and Danah Zohar, Who’s Afraid of Schrödinger’s Cat? An A-to-Z Guide to All the New Science Ideas You Need to Keep Up with the New Thinking (New York: William Morrow, 1997), page 5.
7. Robert C. Weast (editor in chief), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (Cleveland: The Chemical Rubber Co., 1964), page B-105.
8. Robert P. Kirshner, “The Earth’s Elements,” Scientific American, October 1994, page 49.
9. K. C. Cole, quoting Arthur Eddington, The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty (San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997), page 46.
10. Davies, page 85.
11. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., s.v. “atom.”
12. Brian Greene, quoting Isidor Isaac Rabi, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999), page 8.
13. Shirley A. Jones (editor), quoting Gerhard Staguhn, The Mind of God & Other Musings: The Wisdom of Science (San Rafael, CA: New World Library, 1994), page 49.
14. Timothy Ferris (editor), The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991), page 1.
15. “RHIC [Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider] Physics Primer,” Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider website, http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/html2/primer.html, 11 December 1999.
16. Jones, quoting Gerhard Staguhn, page 49.
17. Edward Kearns, Takaaki Kajita, and Yoji Totsuka, “Detecting Massive Neutrinos,” Scientific American, August 1999, page 66.
18. Kearns et al., page 70.
19. “Fascinating RHIC Facts,” Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider website, http://www.rhic.bnl. gov/html2/facts.html, 11 December 1999.
20. “Committee Report on Speculative ‘Disaster Scenarios’ at RHIC,” Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) website, http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/rhicreport.html, 11 December 1999. Opinion written 6 October 1999.
21. “Introduction,” Antimatter Space Propulsion at Penn State University (LEPS), http://antimatter.phys.psu.edu/introduction.html, 11 December 1999.
22. “The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof” (Job 26:11, KJV).“The mountains melt like wax before the Lord” (Psalm 97:5, NIV). “The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord” (Psalm 97:5, KJV).
23. Gerald L. Schroeder, The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom (New York: Broadway Books, 1997), page 186.
24. Clifford A. Pickover, Time: A Traveler’s Guide (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), pages 136-137.
25. Hugh Ross, Beyond the Cosmos: What Recent Discoveries in Astronomy and Physics Reveal About the Nature of God (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1996), pages 196-197.
26. Hans C. von Baeyer, Rainbows, Snowflakes and Quarks: Physics and the World Around Us (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984), pages 26-27.
27. Robert Wearner, “Newton: Man of the Future,” Signs of the Times, February 1999, page 27; quoting I. Bernard Cohen, “Isaac Newton’s Papers and Letters on Natural Philosophy,” page 928.
28. Stephen Hawking, interview by Kathy A. Svitil, “Hawking’s Vision: The All-in-One Theory,” Discover, March 1999, page 18.
29. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes (New York: Bantam Books, 1988), page 175.
30. Jones, quoting Stephen Hawking, page 52.
31. John Gribbin, Q is for Quantum: An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics (New York: The Free Press of Simon & Schuster, 1998), pages 139-140, 150-151.
32. Acts 17:27.
Chapter 9: The New Physics
1. Gerald L. Schroeder, The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom (New York: Broadway Books, 1997), page 1. The universe is thought to contain 1056 grams of matter, which equals 1050 tons.
2. Karl W. Giberson, “Much Ado about Nada,” Books & Culture, January/February 2000, page 34.
3. Paul Davies, The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), page 47.
4. Alan Lightman, “A Cataclysm of Thought,” The Atlantic Monthly, January 1999, page 89.
5. Lightman, page 94.
6. Tony Augarde (editor), quoting Albert Einstein from his address at the Sorbonne, Paris, December 1929, in New York Times, 16 February 1930, in The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), page 73.
7. Hugh Ross, Beyond the Cosmos: What Recent Discoveries in Astronomy and Physics Reveal About the Nature of God (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1996), pages 35-36.
8. “God is light; in him there is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). “[Jesus] said, ‘I am the light of the world’” (John 8:12).
9. Ian Marshall and Danah Zohar, Who’s Afraid of Schrö
dinger’s Cat? An A-to-Z Guide to All the New Science Ideas You Need to Keep Up with the New Thinking (New York: William Morrow, 1997), page 295.
10. Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999), page 87.
11. James Gleick, quoting Richard Feynman, Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (New York: Vintage Books, 1992), page 13.
12. Robert L. Herrmann and John M. Templeton, “Scientific Contributions to Meaning and Purpose in the Universe,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, June 1987, page 84.
13. Greene, quoting Richard Feynman, pages 86-87.
14. David J. Chalmers, The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), page 356.
15. Chalmers, page 335.
16. Chalmers, page 342.
17. Marshall and Zohar, page 297.
18. Ian Stewart, Life’s Other Secret: The New Mathematics of the Living World (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998), page 8.
19. Greene, page 114.
20. Ross, page 37.
21. Greene, pages 118 and 150.
22. Marshall and Zohar, page 201.
23. Frederic Golden, “Person of the Century: Albert Einstein,” Time, 31 December 1999, page 58.
24. Herrmann and Templeton, page 84.
25. Don B. DeYoung, “Creation and Quantum Mechanics,” Impact, November 1998, page iv.
26. Freeman J. Dyson, Infinite in All Directions (New York: Harper & Row, 1988), page 18.
27. John Horgan, The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996), page 62.
28. 1 Corinthians 2:9, NEB.
29. Shirley A. Jones (editor), quoting Gerhard Staguhn, The Mind of God & Other Musings: The Wisdom of Science (San Rafael, CA: New World Library, 1994), page 17.
Chapter 10: The Story of the Stars
1. Shirley Jones (editor), quoting Gerhard Staguhn, The Mind of God & Other Musings: The Wisdom of Science (San Rafael, CA: New World Library, 1994), page 12.
2. Isaiah 40:26.
3. “Reflections,” quoting John Glenn, Christianity Today, 11 January 1999, page 80.
4. George F. Will, “The Gospel from Science,” Newsweek, 9 November 1998, page 88.
5. “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom” (Isaiah 40:28).
6. Sharon Begley, quoting Joel Primack, “Science Finds God,” Newsweek, 20 July 1998, page 50.
7. Fred Heeren, quoting Stephen Hawking, Show Me God: What the Message from Space Is Telling Us About God (Wheeling, IL: Day Star Publications, 1998), page 377.
8. Cathy Lynn Grossman, quoting Steven Weinberg, “Scientists, theologians wrestle with eternal questions of God,” USA Today, 20 April 1999, page 9D.
9. Jones, quoting Steven Weinberg, page 11.
10. Begley, quoting Charles Townes, page 49.
11. Begley, quoting Allan Sandage, page 46.
12. Fred Heeren, quoting Allan Sandage, “The Great Debate,” Cosmic Pursuit, Fall 1997, page 11.
13. Leland Ryken, quoting Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Creative Arts,” chapter in The Making of a Christian Mind: A Christian World View & the Academic Enterprise, edited by Arthur Holmes (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1985), page 123.
14. Todd Siler, quoting Virginia Trimble, Breaking the Mind Barrier: A Brilliantly Original Way to Think about Art, Science, the Mind, and the Universe (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), page 59.
15. Psalm 147:4.
16. Philippians 2:15.
17. K. C. Cole, The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty (San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997), pages 49-50.
18. Robert I. Fitzhenry (editor), quoting G. K. Chesterton, Barnes & Noble Book of Quotations (New York: HarperCollins, 1987), page 321.
19. Genesis 1:16 and Revelation 22:16.
20. Lambert Dolphin, Lord of Time and Space (Westchester, IL: Good News Publishers, 1974), page 22.
21. Roy A. Gallant, Our Universe (Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1986), page 63.
22. Cole, quoting Sir James Jeans, page 20.
23. Jones, quoting David E. Lilienthal, page 15.
24. Poem by M. D. Babcock.
25. Bob Berman, “Twilight Zone,” Discover, March 1999, page 129.
26. Hugh Ross, The Creator and the Cosmos: How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1995), page 135.
27. Fred Heeren, “Exoplanets, SETI, and the Likelihood of Contact,” Cosmic Pursuit, Spring 1999, page 27.
28. Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee, Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe (New York: Copernicus, Springer-Verlag, 2000), pages 240,51,37.
29. Ward and Brownlee, pages 37 and 265.
30. Ross, page 137.
31. Yotta is the prefix for 1024—a number arbitrarily chosen for whimsical reasons.
32. Freeman J. Dyson, Infinite in All Directions (New York: Harper & Row, 1988), page 20.
33. Clifford A. Pickover, quoting Richard Gott, Time: A Traveler’s Guide (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), page 134.
34. Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999), page 80.
35. Clifford A. Pickover, Black Holes: A Traveler’s Guide (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996), page 22.
36. Pickover, Black Holes, page xi.
37. Jean-Pierre Lasota, “Unmasking Black Holes,” Scientific American, May 1999, pages 41-42.
38. Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein, “Physics News Update,” The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Physics News, Number 394, 1 October 1998, by http://www.netwon.ex.ac.uk/ aip/physnews.394.html (Physical Review Letters, 5 October 1998).
39. Thomas Hayden, “Debut of a Mighty Magnetar,” Newsweek, 12 October 1998, page 73.
40. Michael D. Lemonick, “Close Encounter with a Comet,” Time, 8 February 1999, page 50.
41. “Earth-Crossing Asteroids,” University of Tennessee Astronomy Department website, http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/asteroids/collisions.html.
42. Marc G. Millis, “Warp Drive, When?—Ideas Based on What We’d Like To Achieve,” NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program Public Information Site, http://www. lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/html/warp/ideachev.htm.
43. Jeremiah 32:17.
44. Hugh Ross, interview, “Scientists Are Getting Warmer,” New Man, September/October 1999, page 34.
Chapter 11: Time, Space, and Light
1. 1 Corinthians 13:12, KJV.
2. Clifford A. Pickover, Time: A Traveler’s Guide (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), pages 58-59.
3. Pickover, Time: A Traveler’s Guide, page 41.
4. C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: MacMillan, 1952), page 146; and Lambert Dolphin, Jr., Lord of Space and Time (Westchester, IL: Good News Publishers, 1974), pages 47-48.
5. Lewis, pages 148-149.
6. James 4:14.
7. “You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man’s life is but a breath” (Psalm 39:5).
8. 2 Corinthians 4:17.
9. A. W. Tozer (editor), quoting Frederick William Faber, The Christian Book of Mystical Verse (Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, Inc., 1963), page 14. The poem is composed of fourteen stanzas, of which only two are quoted in this chapter.
10. Pickover, quoting Albert Einstein, Time: A Traveler’s Guide, page 6.
11. Doug Trouten, “Celtic Spirituality,” Minnesota Christian Chronicle, 18 March 1999, page 1; quoting Steve Rabey, In the House of Memory: Ancient Celtic Wisdom for Everyday Life (New York: Dutton, 1998), page 5.
12. Clifford A. Pickover, quoting Woo
dy Allen, Black Holes: A Traveler’s Guide (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996), page 40.
13. Todd Siler, quoting Saint Augustine in Confessions, Breaking the Mind Barrier: A Brilliantly Original Way to Think about Art, Science, the Mind, and the Universe (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), page 287.
14. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods (New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1953), page 238.
15. Dolphin, page 64.
16. Clifford A. Pickover, Keys to Infinity (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995), page xiii. The quotation is from a 1921 history book, The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, who starts his book with the parable quoted.
17. Fred Heeren and Bernard Leikind, “The Great Debate: Is There Now Scientific Evidence for God? Yes! Fred Heeren No! Bernard Leikind,” Cosmic Pursuit, Fall 1997, page 23.
18. John D. Barrow, quoting George Bernard Shaw, Theories of Everything: The Quest for Ultimate Explanation (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), page 54.
19. John Piper, “He Commanded and They Were Created,” Bethlehem Baptist Church, St. Paul, MN, sermon notes for 4 October 1981, pages 2 and 4.
20. Luke 24:31.
21. Acts 8:39.
22. Matthew 14:25-26.
23. John 20:19,26.
24. Hugh Ross, Beyond the Cosmos: What Recent Discoveries in Astronomy and Physics Reveal About the Nature of God (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1996), page 46.
25. K. C. Cole, The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty (San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997), page 58.
26. Cole, page 196.
27. Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (New York: Ballantine Books, 1980), pages 195-196.
28. John R. Cameron, James G. Skofronick, and Roderick M. Grant, Physics of the Body (Madison, WI: Medical Physics Publishing, 1999), page 321.
29. Gerald L. Schroeder, The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom (New York: Broadway Books, 1997), page 155.
30. John Gribbin, Q is for Quantum: An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics (New York: The Free Press of Simon & Schuster, 1998), page 283.
31. Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999), page 51.