[asa] More Michael Polanyi

Folks,

I am updating an annotated bibliography that deals with science and Christianity. I shared the bibliography with the Christian geologists and biologists but not with the ASA list [I did not want the url to be publically archived]. In any case, someone was nice enough to suggest I should add Michael Planyi to the list. I have not read him but I seem to think he is important. In any case, can someone help with my annotation (given below).

I am interested in knowing if this is a book that college science majors should be aware of and what was the major contribution of Plany. Was he a Christian? Just a few sentences would help. I would like to hand out the updated bibliography Monday morning so a quick response from someone would be appreciated.

I will cc this to the Christian biology list.

    Michael Polanyi 1967 (1983 reprint) The Tacit Dimension. Doubley.* I gather that Polanyi made some very important contributions on how science works. This is one of the better books to get a feel for his thought. JFM

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Received on Sun Jan 20 15:13:12 2008