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G O D ’ S PL A N E T G O D ’ S P L A N E T Owen Gingerich Cambridge, Massachusetts London, Eng land 2014 Copyright © 2014 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Gingerich, Owen. God’s planet / Owen Gingerich. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-674-41710-6 (alk. paper) 1. Religion and science. 2. Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473–1543. 3. Darwin, Charles, 1809–1882. 4. Hoyle, Fred, 1915–2001. I. Title. BL240.3.G558 2014 215—dc23 2014012008 To Miriam Contents Foreword, by Randy Isaac ix Prologue 1 1. Was Copernicus Right? 7 2. Was Darwin Right? 57 3. Was Hoyle Right? 103 Notes 155 Ac know ledg ments 163 Index 165 Foreword As the newly appointed executive director of the American Scientifi c Affi liation, a fellowship of Christians in the sciences founded in 1941, Robert Herrmann anxiously scanned the ASA member- ship list, looking for potential donors for the fi - nancially challenged ASA. It was 1981 and he had just returned to the Northeast for the position with the ASA and an affi liation with Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. Earlier he had had a suc- cessful career at Boston University, teaching bio- chemistry at the BU medical school, and was now embarking on a new phase of life. The name “John Templeton” leapt from the roster. The renowned investor would later be known as “Sir John” after being knighted in 1987, but he was already a prominent star in the fi nancial in- vestment world. John Templeton had joined the
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