Links + Resources

Genesis, Chapter 1
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/quarks/genesis1.shtml]
The first chapter of Genesis, translated by Everett Fox in The Five Books of Moses: The Schocken Bible, Volume I

Mathematics, Purpose and Truth
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/cloning/]
A Speaking of Faith program where theoretical physicist Janna Levin probes whether the universe is finite or infinite. As a novelist, she explored the separate but parallel lives of two influential 20th-century scientists: Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing. Their work laid the foundations for computer intelligence while challenging fundamental notions about how we can know what is true.

A Theological Perspective on Cloning
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/cloning/]
In this Speaking of Faith program, Jewish bioethicist Laurie Zoloth addresses the ethical dilemmas and complications that accompany developing cloning technologies and raises provocative questions about what's at stake for our society through her understanding of the Talmud and rabbinic texts.

Science and Being
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/2004/09/23_science/]
A Speaking of Faith program in which Krista speaks with three scientists on how science and religious faith inform their understanding of what it means to be human.

Articles on John Polkinghorne
"Revelation & Reason"
"The Universe Is a Mystery"
"The Spirit-Wrestler: An Interview with John Polkinghorne"

"The Elegant Universe"
[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/]
A special presentation by the PBS series Nova exploring the nature of string theory. The Web site features wonderful interactive features that explain elementary particles and the methods used to observe these curious characters.

Mathworld
[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/]
A comprehensive online mathematics resource intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers. The site is interactive and continuously updated with new material and new discoveries.

The Particle Adventure
[http://particleadventure.org/index.html]
The Particle Data Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has created a marvelous interactive resource. The Web site provides a wonderfully succinct and understandable tutorial on concepts such as quarks, antimatter, particle detectors, and other ideas related to physics. Although it's geared for younger students, it may just prove very useful for many adults.

Video Interviews with John Polkinghorne
[http://www.counterbalance.net/transcript/sirjo-frame.html]
A series of short video interviews with John Polkinghorne in which he speaks on a variety of topics pertaining to religion and science.

The Templeton Prize
[http://www.templetonprize.org/purpose.html]
Prestigious prize awarded to persons who pursue discoveries about spiritual realities through the marvels of science and research.

"Paul Dirac: The Purest Soul in Physics"
[http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/11/2/9]
A February 1998 article from Physics World profiling one of the least-known physicists of the 20th century, who Polkinghorne studied under at Cambridge.