In this episode, Dan and Todd discuss the idea that the universe is in some sense “fine tuned” for our existence – that fundamental constants of physics all seem to have values that lie within[…]
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Author: Dan Dawson
Book of Nature, Episode 10: The Large Hadron Collider
Dan Dawson hosts a discussion with Todd Pedlar and Charles Hackney on the subject of the Large Hadron Collider. They have a lot of fun (maybe too much fun) discussing the science and culture around[…]
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Book Review: After the New Atheist Debate
After the New Atheist Debate By Phil Ryan 196 pp. University of Toronto Press $22.95. Of all the books written regarding the “New Atheist” (hereafter, NA) phenomenon, this the first that I’ve seen that has attempted to[…]
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Book of Nature, Episode 4: Faith and Reason
In episode 4, it is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base… wait, wrong franchise! Ahem, in episode 4, Dan Dawson hosts a discussion with Todd Pedlar and Charles Hackney[…]
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Book Review: “The Third Covenant: The Transmission of Consciousness in the work of Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, Thomas Berry, and Albert J. LaChance”
The Third Covenant: The Transmission of Consciousness in the work of Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, Thomas Berry, and Albert J. LaChance By Albert J. LaChance and Rebecca LaChance Goodwin 192 pp. North Atlantic Books. $14.95.[…]
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The Book of Nature Podcast, Episode #1: Opening The Book
Dan Dawson leads a discussion with Todd Pedlar and Charles Hackney to introduce the newest Christian Humanist Network project, “The Book of Nature”. The three scientists describe their respective scientific backgrounds, walks of faith, and[…]
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