Stanley Jaki (J\u00e1ki Szaniszl\u00f3 L\u00e1szl\u00f3), OSB, in 2007 \u00a0 \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons public domain photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve 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. \u00a0What little I\u2019ve read from him has been very good. \u00a0So I looked for a bibliography of his writings, and this \u2014 merely a partial list, apparently \u2014 is what I found. \u00a0I am, to put it mildly, just a bit intimidated:<\/p>\n
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(1966) The Relevance of Physics<\/em> (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1969) Brain, Mind and Computers<\/em> (New York: Herder and Herder)<\/span><\/p>\n(1969) The Paradox of Olbers\u2019 Paradox: A Case History of Scientific Thought<\/em> (New York: Herder and Herder)<\/span><\/p>\n(1972) The Milky Way: An Elusive Road for Science<\/em> (New York: Science History Publications; Newton\u00a0Abbott, England: David & Charles)<\/span><\/p>\n(1974) Science and Creation: From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Universe<\/em> (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic\u00a0Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1978) Planets and Planetarians: A History of Theories of the Origin of Planetary Systems<\/em> (Edinburgh: Scottish\u00a0Academic Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1978) The Road of Science and the Ways to God: The Gifford Lectures<\/em> 1975 and 1976 (Chicago: University\u00a0of Chicago Press; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1978) The Origin of Science and the Science of its Origin<\/em> (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1980) Cosmos and Creator<\/em> (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1983) Angels, Apes and Men<\/em> (La Salle, IL: Sherwood Sugden and Company)<\/span><\/p>\n(1984) Uneasy Genius: The Life and Work of Pierre Duhem<\/em> (Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff)<\/span><\/p>\n(1986) Lord Gifford and His Lectures: A Centenary Retrospec<\/em>t (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1986) Chesterton: A Seer of Science<\/em> (Urbana: University of Illinois Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1986) Chance or Reality and Other Essays<\/em> (Lanham, MD and London: University Press of America; Bryn Mawr: PA: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute.)<\/span><\/p>\n(1988) The Savior of Science<\/em> (Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway)<\/span><\/p>\n(1988) The Absolute Beneath the Relative and Other Essays<\/em> (Lanham, MD and London: University Press\u00a0of America; Bryn Mawr: PA: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute)<\/span><\/p>\n(1988) The Physicist As Artist: The Landscapes of Pierre Duhem<\/em> (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1989) God and the Cosmologists<\/em> (Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic\u00a0Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1990) The Purpose of It All<\/em> (Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic\u00a0Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1990) The Only Chaos and Other Essays<\/em> (Lanham, MD and London: University Press of America;\u00a0Bryn Mawr: PA: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute)<\/span><\/p>\n(1991) Pierre Duhem: Scientist and Catholic<\/em> (Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1992) Reluctant Heroine: The Life and Work of H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Duhem<\/em> (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1992) Genesis 1 through the Ages<\/em> (London: Thomas More Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1992) Universe and Creed<\/em> (Milwaukee: WI: Marquette University Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1993) Is There a Universe?<\/em> (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press; New York: Wethersfield Institute)<\/span><\/p>\n(1994) Patterns and Principles and Other Essays<\/em> (Bryn Mawr, PA: The Intercollegiate Studies, Inc.)<\/span><\/p>\n(1996) Bible and Science<\/em> (Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press)<\/span><\/p>\n(1998) The Virgin Birth and the Birth of Science<\/em> (Fraser, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(1999) Means to Message: A Treatise on Truth<\/em> (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans)<\/span><\/p>\n(2000) The Limits of a Limitless Science and Other Essays<\/em> (Bryn Mawr, PA: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute)<\/span><\/p>\n(2000) Christ and Science<\/em> (Royal Oak, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2000) Giordano Bruno: A Martyr of Science?<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2000) Maybe Alone in the Universe, after All<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2000) Advent and Science<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2001) Galileo Lessons<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2001) Jesus, Islam, Science<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2002) A Mind\u2019s Matter: An Intellectual Autobiography<\/em> (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans)<\/span><\/p>\n(2003) Numbers Decide and Other Essays<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2004) Questions on Science and Religion<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2005) The Drama of Quantities<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2006) A Late Awakening and Other Essays<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n(2008) Impassable Divide<\/em> (Pinckney, MI: Real View Books)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019ve 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. \u00a0What little I\u2019ve read from him has been very good. \u00a0So I looked for a bibliography of his writings, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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