Author Archives: thebookofworks

Judgment and Peer Review

Posted on March 9, 2018 by thebookofworks

Peer review is a critical process in modern science. Scientists with expertise in the right field judge the quality of a grant application or a manuscript submitted for publication in a journal. This judgment determines whether the grant will be … Continue reading →

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Finding My Faith – Update

Posted on February 26, 2018 by thebookofworks

Just about a year ago, I put up a post called Finding My Faith, which presented a brief summary of  some of my reasons and experiences that led me from atheism to Christianity. Very recently, I posted a tweet that … Continue reading →

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How Evolution Works

Posted on February 13, 2018 by thebookofworks

I have been asked many times to explain how so called “macro-evolution” works. There are of course many excellent books and articles online and off that cover this, but I thought it might be a good idea to have a … Continue reading →

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God and Nature

Posted on February 8, 2018 by thebookofworks

For the past six years, I have been a member (and now a fellow) of the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA). From the ASA web site The ASA was founded in 1941 as an international network of Christians in the sciences. As … Continue reading →

Posted in God & Nature Magazine, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Some Wisdom from the Past

Posted on January 29, 2018 by thebookofworks

Arthur Thomson, also known as Lord Kelvin, was an English physicist (and Christian) who wrote a book titled “Progress of Science in the Century” published in 1901. The century referred to was the 19th.. I have a copy of it … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith and Science, Science, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Is God Imaginary?

Posted on January 14, 2018 by thebookofworks

There are many essential equations that describe the physical reality of the universe. Einstein’s E = mc2 is probably one of the most famous, and also the simplest. In the 1920s, physicist Erwin Schrödinger developed an equation that is of … Continue reading →

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RNA and the Origin of Life

Posted on January 2, 2018 by thebookofworks

First Happy New Year to all. Now, for the matter at hand. Traditionally, the scientific field of origin-of-life research has been divided into two camps based on what theorists propose came first: replication or metabolism. The “replicators-first” group think that … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2017 by thebookofworks

It’s that time of the year again. Everyone is running around, trees are being put up and decorated, presents being bought and wrapped, travel plans being made and tickets purchased. It’s all exhausting. Last year I posted a blog about … Continue reading →

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The Flood and the Boat

Posted on December 16, 2017 by thebookofworks

The following post is an excerpt from the Preface to my book manuscript, which is now in the final editing phase. The working title is The Book of Works (just like this blog). I am also about to start looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Book, Christian faith, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

The Other Universe

Posted on December 3, 2017 by thebookofworks

The nice thing about having a blog is that one can write and publish whatever one wants to, without having to go through peer reviewers, editors, or publishers. The bad part of that is that one can end up posting … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith and Science, Humor, Uncategorized | 8 Comments