A Christian, a physicist, and a historian of science

I’ve long had it in my mind to read the works of the eminent Hungarian-American historian and philosopher of science Stanley Jaki (1924-2009), a priest who held doctorates in both physics and theology.  What little I’ve read from him has been very good.  So I looked for a bibliography of his writings, and this — merely a partial list, apparently — is what I found.  I am, to put it mildly, just a bit intimidated:

(1966) The Relevance of Physics (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)

(1969) Brain, Mind and Computers (New York: Herder and Herder)

(1969) The Paradox of Olbers’ Paradox: A Case History of Scientific Thought (New York: Herder and Herder)

(1972) The Milky Way: An Elusive Road for Science (New York: Science History Publications; Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles)

(1974) Science and Creation: From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Universe (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1978) Planets and Planetarians: A History of Theories of the Origin of Planetary Systems (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1978) The Road of Science and the Ways to God: The Gifford Lectures 1975 and 1976 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1978) The Origin of Science and the Science of its Origin (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1980) Cosmos and Creator (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1983) Angels, Apes and Men (La Salle, IL: Sherwood Sugden and Company)

(1984) Uneasy Genius: The Life and Work of Pierre Duhem (Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff)

(1986) Lord Gifford and His Lectures: A Centenary Retrospect (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1986) Chesterton: A Seer of Science (Urbana: University of Illinois Press)

(1986) Chance or Reality and Other Essays (Lanham, MD and London: University Press of America; Bryn Mawr: PA: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute.)

(1988) The Savior of Science (Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway)

(1988) The Absolute Beneath the Relative and Other Essays (Lanham, MD and London: University Press of America; Bryn Mawr: PA: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute)

(1988) The Physicist As Artist: The Landscapes of Pierre Duhem (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1989) God and the Cosmologists (Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1990) The Purpose of It All (Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1990) The Only Chaos and Other Essays (Lanham, MD and London: University Press of America; Bryn Mawr: PA: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute)

(1991) Pierre Duhem: Scientist and Catholic (Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press)

(1992) Reluctant Heroine: The Life and Work of Hélène Duhem (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)

(1992) Genesis 1 through the Ages (London: Thomas More Press)

(1992) Universe and Creed (Milwaukee: WI: Marquette University Press)

(1993) Is There a Universe? (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press; New York: Wethersfield Institute)

(1994) Patterns and Principles and Other Essays (Bryn Mawr, PA: The Intercollegiate Studies, Inc.)

(1996) Bible and Science (Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press)

(1998) The Virgin Birth and the Birth of Science (Fraser, MI: Real View Books)

(1999) Means to Message: A Treatise on Truth (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans)

(2000) The Limits of a Limitless Science and Other Essays (Bryn Mawr, PA: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute)

(2000) Christ and Science (Royal Oak, MI: Real View Books)

(2000) Giordano Bruno: A Martyr of Science? (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)

(2000) Maybe Alone in the Universe, after All (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)

(2000) Advent and Science (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)

(2001) Galileo Lessons (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)

(2001) Jesus, Islam, Science (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)

(2002) A Mind’s Matter: An Intellectual Autobiography (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans)

(2003) Numbers Decide and Other Essays (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)

(2004) Questions on Science and Religion (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)

(2005) The Drama of Quantities (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)

(2006) A Late Awakening and Other Essays (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)

(2008) Impassable Divide (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)