R.A. Varghese is the author/editor of over ten works on the interface of science, philosophy and religion. He is best known for There is a God – How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. His co-author, Antony Flew, was previously among the most influential atheists in the philosophical world. Varghese’s Cosmos, Bios, Theos had contributions from over 24 Nobel Prize winners and was called “the year’s most intriguing book about God” by Time magazine. He won the Templeton Book Prize for “Outstanding Books in Science and Natural Theology” for Cosmic Beginnings and Human Ends.
Comments on science and religion books by R.A. Varghese
“Varghese explores the basic and critical questions we face concerning this remarkable and wonderful universe. Why are we here? Where are we going? This is no doctrinaire treatise, but a sensitive, profound and clear discussion of the important issues of our universe and our existence, including questions, answers, and uncertainties. It is written with a deep understanding of philosophy, spirituality, and the complex science involved, yet expressed in a way which is interesting and very understandable to the non-specialist.”
– Charles H. Townes, Nobel Prize winner and inventor of the laser
“Though I found myself arguing with both protagonists, the issues raised and Guru’s lucid outline of modern science’s framework of understanding, helped me to challenge and refine my own answers to the ultimate questions that each one of us must ask.”
– Arno Penzias, Nobel Prize winner who discovered the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation that established the Big Bang theory
“Congratulations on a fascinating book! I found The Wonder of the World to be a highly illuminating and thought-provoking discussion of all the important issues on the borderline between science and religion.”
– Robert Jastrow, Founder of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies and best-selling science author
“You have in your book [The Wonder of the World] deployed abundant evidence indicating that it is likely to be a very long time before such naturalistic [atheistic] explanations [for the origin of life and reproduction] are developed, if indeed there ever could be. . . I was hugely impressed and substantially challenged by it.”
– Antony Flew, author of the most widely reprinted philosophical paper in defense of atheism
“Varghese skillfully leads us through a scientific and philosophical description of our magnificent universe. Experiencing the wonder of our world is the surest path to realizing that a purely materialist answer to that question is both scientifically and philosophically inadequate.”
– Gerald Schroeder, Israeli scientist and author of three science best-sellers.
