Collins' involvement in the human genome project is supposed to lend weight to his argument that there is a god, It does not. Like a lot of students, myself included, he was confronted with questions of where he will go when he dies he is loaned a copy of C S Lewis' "Mere Dr Francis S.
Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is
one of the world's leading scientists, working at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life.
Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God, How does he reconcile the seemingly unreconcilable In THE LANGUAGE OF GOD he explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes the reader on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry and biology indeed, reason itself are not incompatible with belief.
His book is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: why are we here How did we get here And what does life mean I much appreciate Collins' movable story about his transmutation from an atheist to a believer in Christ.
The complementary of science and christian faith presupposes a correct interpretation of both disciplines, Collins correctly ascertains that we have a free will,but Francis Collins argues that the realms of spirituality and knowledge of God are different from that of science.
He sees no conflict between the coexistence in the same person of belief in a transcendent God who takes a personal interest in human beings and the exploration Francis Collins is the distinguished physician and geneticist who was the director of the Human Genome project.
The Human Genome research was a 'complex multidisciplinary scientific enterprise directed at mapping and sequencing all of the human DNA, and determining aspects In this highly readable book one of the most well known scientists of our times makes a compelling and scientifically solid and sound argument that when correctly understood science and religion not only do not exclude but actually complement each other.
Science gives One of the big issues of our day is the science/faith debate, recently reignited by Richard Dawkins in his bestseller The God Delusion.
A number of writers have responded to Dawkins' claims about the incompatibility of science and religious faith John Lennox's God's In his introduction, Collins says "But science is powerless to answer questions such as "Why did the universe come into being", "What is the meaning of human existence", "What happens after we die" One of the strongest motivations of humankind is to seek answers to
Francis S.
Collins, M. D. , Ph. D. , helped to discover the genetic misspellings that cause cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis, Huntingtons disease, and a rare form of premature aging called progeria, A pioneer gene hunter, he led the Human Genome Project fromuntil, For his revolutionary contributions to genetic research, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in, and the National Medal of Science in, He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and has a longstanding interest in the interface between science and faith.
He currently serves as the Director of the National Institutes of Health, He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and in his spare time he enjoys riding a motorcycle and playing guitar,