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    Review of John Leslie's Universes and John Leslie's Physical cosmology and philosophy
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 1991) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author; Joint Publication Board of Zygon, publisher
    John Leslie is the philosopher who has most devoted himself to the analysis of recent claims that our universe is fine-tuned for producing life. Here we have the fruit of Leslie's work across two decades, summarized in one accessible book of manageable length, seriously argued but neither overly technical nor esoteric. In a companion book, Physical Cosmology and Philosophy, Leslie couples his systematic treatment with an anthology of the principal articles in the field. Together, the two books are excellent texts for a stimulating class on cosmology.
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    Science and Christianity
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author; Abingdon Press, publisher
    The relations between physics and theology are surprisingly cordial at present; the relations between biology and theology are more difficult. Astrophysics and nuclear physics are describing a universe "fine-tuned" for life, while evolutionary and molecular biology seem to be discovering that the history of life is a random walk with struggle and chance, driven by selfish genes. Evolutionary theory has proved quite problematic in several respects. Struggle and suffering, and life renewed in the midst of its death and perishing, are central themes in Christianity. Although biologists are typically uncertain whether life has arrived on Earth by divine intention, they are almost unanimous in their respect for life.
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    Science, religion, and the future
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 1996) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author; Routledge, publisher
    Physics, especially cosmology, is compatible with monotheism, discovering a universe "fine-tuned" for the subsequent construction of stars, planets, life, and mind. In evolutionary biology, by contrast, the process is more disorderly, with constant struggle to survive. Biologists do discover richness, biodiversity. Earth is a planet with promise, and a promising turn for the millennium is that science and religion will increasingly become partners in caring for the Earth.