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Post by hollister on Mar 12, 2008 8:27:55 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Mar 12, 2008 9:28:27 GMT -7
Holly,
good to know! The world is very small. When I was in Krakow finishing my master I have lots of free time and I was attending some philosophy lectures at Theological Academy. I also attended a couple of lectures by Heller. I remember him talking about cosmology and telling us about this amazing new personality in science - Steven Hawkins.
Heller is also an author of some scientific books, mainly on cosmology.
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Post by jimpres on Mar 12, 2008 11:45:18 GMT -7
Jaga,
I have read all of the books by Hawkins and admire the man. His life story was on TV at one time. He has had a rough life. A great scientist however.
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Post by Jaga on Mar 13, 2008 9:13:28 GMT -7
Here is the article from New York Times about Heller: www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/science/13prize.html?bl&ex=1205467200&en=823faf9a1e1c976c&ei=5087%0AThe $1.6 million Templeton Prize, the richest award made to an individual by a philanthropic organization, was given Wednesday to Michael Heller, 72, a Roman Catholic priest, cosmologist and philosopher who has spent his life asking, and perhaps more impressively answering, questions like “Does the universe need to have a cause?” The John Templeton Foundation, which awards grants to encourage scientific discovery on the “big questions” in science and philosophy, commended Professor Heller, who is from Poland, for his extensive writings that have “evoked new and important consideration of some of humankind’s most profound concepts.” Much of Professor Heller’s career has been dedicated to reconciling the known scientific world with the unknowable dimensions of God. In doing so, he has argued against a “God of the gaps” strategy for relating science and religion, a view that uses God to explain what science cannot. |
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