“Modern science is an enormously wonderful and powerful achievement of our species. Thus say Karl Giberson and Mariano Artigas in Oracles of Science...Key ideas of each Oracle are presented in their own words, where you’d find nuggets of wisdom on matters other than science too...The final insight the book wraps with is that science is compatible with a broad cross-section of very different views on the deepest human problems...Valuable collection.”
D. Murali
Business Line, Business Daily from THE HINDU Group
“By clearly, forcefully, and persuasively arguing that these six oracles of science have moved beyond the credible bounds of science in their anti-religious rhetoric, Giberson and Artigas may not have provided a direct apology for science. But they have made the case that science is not inherently hostile to religion, and by doing, they may help to alleviate some of the fear of science created by the excessive rhetoric of such self-appointed anti-religious oracles of science...I can think of no better volume to help us gain a healthy appreciation both for science and for the limits of science.
Thomas E. Phillips
Wesleyan Theological Journal
“The authors make a good case for how the misuse of science to advance philosophical and quasi-religious or anti-religious ideas fails to reckon with the limitations of science. It is the polemics of these oracles and their chief antagonists, couched in what purports to be ‘scientific language’ that obscure rather than illuminate the complex nature and meanings of human existence. The book is highly recommended.”
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The American Scientific Affiliation
“Artigas and Giberson are not foes of science. They simply want scientists to ‘treat the humanistic issues that lie beyond the boundaries of science with the same rigor they employ when dealing with scientific problems.’ Were that ever to happen, there would be an immediate armistice...Their book is an excellent guide to winnowing the sense from the nonsense.”
Michael Cook
MercatorNet
“Giberson and Artigas present lucid summaries of the scientific accomplishments of their subjects, and their criticisms of the amateurish philosophising of the six may well be warranted.”
Robert Segal
Times Higher Education
Oracles of Science: Reviews
