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Articles of Historical Interest: A Collection of Scientific Interdisciplinary Literature

(alphabetically listed by author)

P. W. Anderson, "More Is Different, Broken symmetry and the nature of the hierarchical structure of science"
Science, New Series, 177 (1972), 393-396.
A. Aspect, P. Grangier, G. Roger, "Experimental Realization of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm Gedankenexperiment: A New Violation of Bell's Inequalities"
Physical Review Letters, July 1982, Vol. 42, No. 2, 91-94.
F. J. Ayala, "Teleological Explanations in Evolutionary Biology"
Philosophy of Science, 37 (1970), No. 1, 1-15
J. S. Bell, "On The Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox"
Physics (1964), Vol. 1, No. 3, 195-200.
S. Carnot, "Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur le machines propes à développer cette puissance"
Annales scientifiques de l'É.N.S. 2° série. tome 1 (1872), 393-457.
E. B. Davis, "Prophet of Science—Part Two: Arthur Holly Compton on Science, Freedom, Religion, and Morality"
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, September 2009, Vol. 61, No. 3, 175-190
Theodosius Dobzhansky, M. F. Ashley Montagu, "Natural Selection and the Mental Capacities of Mankind"
Science, 106 (1947), 587-590.
Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense except in the Light of Evolution"
The American Biology Teacher, 35 (1973), No. 3, 125-129.
Albert Einstein, B. Podolsky, N. Rosen, "Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?"
Physical Review (1935), Vol. 47, 777-780
M.W. Feldman, L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, "Cultural and Biological Evolutionary Processes, Selection for a Trait under Complex Transmission"
Theoretical Population Biology 9 (1976), 238-259.
M.B. Foster, "The Christian Doctrine of Creation and the Rise of Modern Natural Science"
Mind 43 (1934), 446-468
G. Frege, "Sense and Reference"
The Philosophical Review, May 1948, Vol. 57, No. 3, 209-230 (German Original 1892).
S.J. Gould, E.S. Vrba, "Exaptation— a missing term in the science of form"
Paleobiology, 8 (1982), No. 1, 4-15
R. B. Laughlin, D. Pines, J. Schmalian, B.o P. Stojković, P. Wolynes, "The middle way"
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97 (2000), No. 1, 32-37.
M. A. Nowak, "Five Rules for the Evolution of Cooperation"
Science, December 8, 2006
W. V. Quine, Two Dogmas of Empiricism
The Philosophical Review, January 1951, Vol. 60, No. 1, 20-43
Richard Rudner, "The Scientist qua Scientist makes Value Judgments"
Philosophy of Science 20 (1953), 1-6
Charles Hard Townes, "The Convergence of Science and Religion"
IBM's Think, April 1, 1966, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2-7
A. Traulsen, M. A. Nowak, "Evolution of cooperation by multilevel selection"
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103 (2006), No. 29, 10952-10955
Alan Mathison Turing, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"
Mind 59 (1950), 433-460
C. H. Waddington, "Genetic Assimilation of an Acquired Character"
Evolution, (June 1953), Vol. 7, No. 2, 118-126
J.D. Watson, F.H. C. Crick, "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids"
Nature, April 25, 1953, No. 4356, 737.
A. C. Wilson, "The Molecular Basis of Evolution"
Scientific American, October 1985, Vol. 253, No. 4, 164-173

Articles from the Press

What is Life? The lectures of physicist Erwin Schrödinger helped to change attitudes in biology
Editorial, Nature, September 6, 2018
How a Stanford neurobiologist balances science and faith, by Nathan Collins
Stanford News, June 21, 2018
The phrase 'necessary and sufficient' blamed for flawed neuroscience, Editorial
Nature, June 12, 2018
AAAS extends science in theological education program by Anne Q. Hoy
Science, May 25, 2018
The 18th- Century Lady Mathematician Who Loved Calculus and God by Evelyn Lamb
Smithsonian, May 16, 2018
"I, It, Thou" by Peter J. Leithart
First Things, March 23, 2018
"A code of ethics to get scientists talking", Editorial
Nature, March 1, 2018
"Thinking differently about science and religion", by T. McLeish
Physics Today, 71, n. 2 (2018), pp. 10-12.
"How brains and machines can be made to work toghether", Editorial
The Economist, January 6, 2018
"How Alvin Plantinga Paved the Way for Christian Philosophy's Comeback", Editorial
Christianity Today, December 7, 2017
"Science must examine the future of work", Editorial
Science, October 18, 2017
"Why religion is not going away and science will not destroy it", by Peter Harrison
Aeon, September 7, 2017
"Tim Cook to MIT grads: 'How will you serve humanity?'", by D. L. Chandler
MIT News, June 9, 2017
"Keep doors open for constructive dialogue between religion and science", Editorial
Nature, May 17, 2017
"Faith and Science Come Toghether at Conference for Society of Catholic Scientists", by John Farrell
Forbes, April 23, 2017
"School daze", Editorial
Nature, March 8, 2017
"‘Gold Mass’ for scientists to be celebrated for the first time", by Christine M Williams
Catholic Herald, November 10, 2016
"Scientists Don’t Have to Choose between Faith and Reason" by Stephen M. Barr
National Review, November 1, 2016
"Religion and science can have a true dialogue", by Kathryn Pritchard
Nature, September 22, 2016
"Is science only for the rich?", By Jane J. Lee
Nature, September 21, 2016
"Science in the age of selfies", by Donald Geman and Stuart Geman
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 23, 2016
"Meet the challenge of interdisciplinary science", Editorial
Nature, June 29, 2016
"Put innovation science at the heart of discovery", by Andrew Kusiak
Nature, February 18, 2016
"Come together", Editorial
Nature, January 7, 2016
"Faith and science can find common ground", by David M. Lodge
Nature, July 30, 2015
"A new era, A Review of God's Planet", by Stepher M. Barr
First Things, June 24, 2015
"Why the Pope's letter on climate change matters", by Quintin Schiermaier
Nature, June 18, 2015
"The end of the University", by Roger Scruton
First Things, April 19, 2015
"A prudent path forward for genomic engineering and germline gene modification", David Baltimore et al
Science, April 3, 2015, pp. 36-38
"What scares the new atheists", by John Gray
The Guardian, March 3, 2015
"The Scale of the Universe and the Religious view", by Hugh Hunter
First Things, January 19, 2015
"Time for the social sciences", Editorial
Nature, January 1, 2015
"Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God", by Eric Metaxas
The Wall Street Journal, December 25, 2014
"A little knowledge. The significance of expertise passed on by direct contact - tacit knowledge - is moot", Editorial
Nature, October 8, 2014
"On The University and Religion", by W. G. Jeanrond
The Oxford Times, May 29, 2014
"The mystery of language evolution", by M,D.Hauser, C.Yang, R.Berwick, I.Tattersall, M.Ryan, J. Watumull, N. Chomsky, R.Lewontin
Frontiers in Psychology, May 7, 2014
"Book review: ‘Why Science Does Not Disprove God'", by Alan Lightman
The Washington Post, April 10, 2014
"Scientific Pride and Prejudice", by Gray Matter
The New York Times, January 31, 2014
"Emerging powers need a more-inclusive science", by Colin Macilwain
Nature, January 2, 2014
"The Feynman Lectures of Physics and the need for supporting Teaching", Editorial
Nature, December 5, 2013
"Are we alone in the Universe?", by Paul Davies
The New York Times, November 25, 2013
"The Christian Intellectual", by R.R. Reno
First Things, November 2013
"Kelvin's conundrum: Is it possible to believe in God and science?", by Peter Crutchley
BBC - Religion & Ethics, October 20, 2013
"Why Is There Anything at All?", by Edward Feser
First Things - On the Square, October 4, 2013
"Francis Collins on books between science and faith", interviewed by The New York Times
The New York Times, July 25, 2013
"Nature Loves to Hide", by David Bentley Hart
First Things, May 2013
"UV astronomer discovers Earthlike planet, keeps the faith", by E. Lacitis
The Seattle Times, April 26, 2013
"Can Science Lead to Faith?", by Gary Marcus
The New Yorker, April 26, 2013
"Turin Shroud Going on TV, With Video From Pope", by E. Povoledo
The New York Times, March 29, 2013
"The Value of Creativity and Imagination in Science", by M. Konnikova, a comment to Ingrid Wickelgren's book "Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes"
Scientific American, January 4, 2013
"The Life of Pi, and Other Infinities", by Natalie Anger
The New York Times, December 31, 2012
"Chance, by Design", by Stephen M. Barr
First Things, December 2012
"What Science can't Answer", interview to British Scientist Susan Greenfield
The Tablet, November 24, 2012, pp. 6-7
"Science and religion are united in a shared sense of wonder", by Jeff Forshaw
The Guardian, October 28, 2012
"Sometimes science must give way to religion", by Daniel Sarewitz
Nature, August 23, 2012
"Not understanding nothing", a review of L.M. Krauss' "A Universe from Nothing", by E. Feser
First things, June-July, 2012
"Alone in the Universe. Why Our Planet is Unique", by J. Gribbin, book review by A. Hirshfeld
The Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2011
"Philosopher Sticks Up for God", on the new A. Plantinga's Book on Religion and Science
New York Times, December 13, 2011
"Edwin Hubble in translation trouble", by E. S. Reich
Nature, June 27, 2011
"What is Artificial about Life?", by A. Giuliani, I. Licata, C. Modonesi, P. Crosignani
The Scientific World Journal 11 (2011), 651–654
"U.S. College Students’ Perception of Religion and Science: Conflict, Collaboration, or Independence? A Research Note" , by C. P. Scheitle
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (2011) 50, 175–186
"Deflating the Genomic Bubble", by J.P. Evans et al
Science, February 18, 2011
"Philosophy lives. Why Stephen Hawking’s attempt to banish natural theology only shows why we need it", by John Haldane
First Things, January 2011
"The Truth wears off", by Jonah Lehrer
The New Yorker, December 13, 2010
"Curiouser and curiouser: managing discovery making", by Ahmed Zewail
Nature, November 18, 2010
"Even Stephen Hawking doesn't quite manage to explain why we are here", Editorial
The Economist, September 9, 2010
"Nicola Cabibbo (1935-2010) Obituary", Editorial
Nature Physics 6 , 633 (september 2010)
"How to feed a Hungry World", Editorial
Nature, July 28, 2010
"Birth of the first synthetic cell. On Craig Venter's experiment", by Ewen Callaway
New Scientist, May 20, 2010
"Hubble Space Telescope clocks up 20 years", by Katharine Sanderson
Nature, April 22, 2010
"Cogito Ergo Sum by MRI", by Allan H. Ropper, M.D.
The New England Journal of Medicine, February 2010
"Genotype-phenotype mapping and the end of the ‘genes as blueprint’ metaphor", by Massimo Pigliucci
The Royal Society, February 2010
"Should Evolutionary Theory Evolve? Some biologists are calling for a rethink of the rules of evolution", by Bob Grant
The Scientist, January 2010
"The Very Idea of a University: Aristotle, Newman and Us", by Alasdair MacIntyre
British Journal of Educational Studies, 57 (2009), 347-362
"Making Automation Work", by Samuel Greengard
Communications of the ACM, 52 (2009), 18-19
"Vatican's Celestial Eye: Seeking Not Angels but Data", by G. Johnson
The New York Times, June 23 2009
"Are you an honest scientist?", by Bruce Charlton
Medical Hypotheses, 73 (2009), 633-635
"Getting Stem Cells Right", by Maureen L. Condic
First Things, February 2008
"Laws of Nature, Source Unknown", by Dennis Overbye
New York Times, December 18, 2007
"Taking Science on Faith", by Paul Davies
The New York Times, November 24, 2007
"Faith and Quantum Theory", by Stephen M. Barr
First Things, March 2007
"What is a miracle?", by D.P. Sulmasy
Southern Medical Journal, 100 (2007), 1223-1228