A Famous Biologist?

Question

I know there is a very well known biologist who published a book about how science and religion can co-exist. Who is this biologist and what is the title of his book?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Diane Fosse?

Answer 2

Stephen Hawking is the the first scientist I find at this point, a physicist primarily, who in his book "A Brief History in Time" wrote that when he and his fellow physicists find what they are looking for, which is "the theory of everything," they will have seen into "the mind of God."

Another scientist you may have in mind, who looks to be more of a biologist, is John Helley Brooke, who is the Andreas Idreo Professor of Science and Religion as well as the Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre at the University of Oxford.
His most recent book on the subjects of science and religion was published in 1998 and 2000, and is "Reconstructing Nature: Science and Religion."
But I have no quote from it.

There are a great many scientists, biologists, who have written books over the years!
Still, this was really a fun question to look into and I thank you for it...

http://www.wikipedia.org

Answer 3

So far, no one here has mentioned Gerald Schroeder (biologist and nuclear physicist) who recognized the existence of God while studying at MIT many years ago. His first book was "The Science of God". He also wrote "Genesis and the Big Bang".
http://www.geraldschroeder.com/gbb.html

His latest book -- based upon understandings gleaned from the study of molecular biology-- is "The Hidden Face Of God: How Science Reveals The Ultimate Truth", Free Press, May 2001.
ISBN: 0-684-87059-2
The book "offers a tour of the best of modern science. Schroeder makes no attempt to 'prove' the existence of God. . . . observations on the organization of organic life, on the power of humans to make sense of their sensory inputs, and on the complexities of the code of DNA all show that life has a direction and purpose . . . . Throughout, he addresses three great themes: the question of first causes (i.e., where do the laws of nature come from?); the inseparability of mind and matter; and the philosophical problem of design. To believe that a designer must have been involved, he reminds us, we need not insist on perfection or on our view of perfection in the design. The Hidden Face of God will open a world of science to religious believers, and it will cause skeptics to rethink some of their deepest beliefs."
(Here's a review:
http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/tabid/68/id/8325/Default.aspx )
On his site, Schroeder also mentions philosophy Professor Antony Flew http://www.sciencefindsgod.com/

Answer 4

There have been a few different books on this subject by a few different scientists, but I think you're most likely thinking of Rock of Ages, by Stephen Jay Gould.