Re: [asa] More Michael Polanyi

James,
Is the christian biology list something that is made up of only christians?
And thus unlike the ASA doesnt present members with the situation of
causing all members to participate in a bitter and useless bickering with
those who are hostile to the stated purpose of the organization?

On Jan 20, 2008 2:35 PM, James Mahaffy <mahaffy@dordt.edu> wrote:

> 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 Mon Jan 21 21:29:05 2008