Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?
Ian Hutchinson, Can A Scientist Believe In Miracles?: An MIT Professor Answers Questions on God and Science (InterVarsity Press, 2018)
Summary: A well-reasoned treatise arguing that a devout Christian and a rational scientist can occupy the same body (and mind) without contradiction. Most engaging for the arguments and counterarguments presented throughout the book on a range of topics, including free will and determinism, miracles, falsifiability, the problem of evil, and more. Less a deeply personal testament and more a cerebral meditation.
Key Quote: "We don't need to settle whether the island of knowledge will grow forever in order to maintain that some questions are unanswerable by science. We already have substantial parts of the island itself that are known but are not science." - p. 20
Bottom Line: Read this book if you want to see how a physicist sees the limits of science.
