Owen Gingerich quotes

Owen Gingerich quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Nevertheless, just as I believe that the Book of Scripture illumines the pathway to God, so I believe that the Book of Nature, with its astonishing details-the blade of grass, the Conus cedonulli, or the resonance levels of the carbon atom-also suggest a God of purpose and a God of design. And I think my belief makes me no less a scientist.”
-- Owen Gingerich

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“Fred Hoyle and I differ on lots of questions, but on this we agree: a common sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the designing hand of a superintelligence.”
-- Owen Gingerich

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“Quite possibly, the purpose of the universe is to provide a congenial home for self-conscious creatures who can ask profound questions and who can probe the nature of the universe itself.”
-- Owen Gingerich

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“The human brain is by far the most complex physical object known to us in the entire cosmos.”
-- Owen Gingerich

Source : Owen Gingerich (2006). “God's Universe”, p.29, Harvard University Press

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“Stuart Clark's The Sun Kings is undoubtedly the most gripping and brilliant popular-science history account that I have ever read. It is informative, accurate, and relevant. Clark's ability to write so vividly makes me seethe with jealousy.”
-- Owen Gingerich

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