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R O B E R T C . B I S H O P

L A R R Y L . F U N C K | R A Y M O N D J . L E W I S

S T E P H E N O . M O S H I E R | J O H N H . W A L T O N

U N D E R S T A N D I N G

S C I E N T I F I CT H E O R I E S

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O R I G I N S

C O S M O L O G Y,

G E O L O G Y,

A N DB I O L O G Y

I NC H R I S T I A N

P E R S P E C T I V E

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To former and future Wheaton College students

of SCI Theories of Origins (since ).

Your questions challenge us,

your encouragement blesses us,

and your mere attendance honors us.

C O N T E N T S

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L i s t o f T a b l e s

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I n t r o d u c t i o n

Principles and Methods of Biblical Interpretation

A Comprehensive Doctrine of Creation and Implications for

S c i e n t i f i c S t u d y

Knowledge and Faith in Pursuing Origins Questions

Creation Through the Lenses of Science and Theology

Cosmic Origins: Genesis ::

Electromagnetic Radiation and the Scale of the Universe

The Expanding Universe

The Big Bang Model and Contemporary Cosmology

Lives and Deaths of Stars and Fine-Tuning

Biblical and Theological Perspectives on the Origins of

t h e U n i v e r s e

Origin of the Earth and Solar System

Historical Roots of Geology: Catastrophism and

U n i f o r m i t a r i a n i s m

The Genesis Flood

The Rock Cycle and Timescales of Geologic Processes

Rocks of Ages: Measuring Geologic Time

Plate Tectonics: A Theory for How the Earth Works

Reading Earth's History in Rocks and Fossils

Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Earth History

From Spontaneous Generation to Abiogenesis

Prebiotic Chemistry: Preparing the Primordial Soup

Biological Information: Proteins and Nucleic Acids

Alternative Scenarios for Life's Origin

Biblical and Theological Perspectives on the Origin of Life

O R I G I NO FS P E C I E SA N DD I V E R S I T YO FL I F E

Development of the Theory of Evolution

The Modern Synthesis of Evolution

Exploring the Evidence About Evolution: Phylogeny

a n d F o s s i l s

Development of an Extended Synthesis of Evolution

Biblical and Theological Perspectives on the Origin of the

D i v e r s i t y o f L i f e

Human Origins: Genesis

Human Origins: Evidence from Physical Anthropology

Human Origins: Genomic Evidence

Biblical and Theological Perspectives on the Image of God

C O N C L U D I N GP O S T S C R I P T

Biblical and Theological Perspectives on New Creation,

Creation Care, and Science Education

G l o s s a r y

I m a g e C r e d i t s

G e n e r a l I n d e x

S c r i p t u r e I n d e x

Praise for Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins

A b o u t t h e A u t h o r

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.. Hubble space telescope picture of Star Cluster NGC

.. An example of a wave form

.. A prism separates the various wavelengths making up all the colors contained in

s o - c a l l e d w h i t e l i g h t

.. Comparisons of the wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum with some

characteristic lengths of familiar physical objects

.. Our atmosphere's transparency to electromagnetic radiation

.. The Crab Nebula viewed in six different wavelengths

.. An isotope of an atom

.. Photons (squiggly lines) of exactly the right amount of energy have a probability of

being absorbed by electrons in an atom, causing those electrons to jump to the

specific higher energy levels

.. An electron can drop from an excited state to a lower-energy state

.. Examples of emission spectra for hydrogen, helium, and carbon

.. The period-luminosity relation for Type I Cepheid variable stars

.. Supernova SNfk observed at its peak brightness in compared with a

photograph of the same galaxy (NGC ) three years later

.. The rise and fall of Type Ia supernovae intrinsic brightness

.. A Hubble Space Telescope picture magnified to reveal a Type Ia supernova explosion

in a galaxy over ten billion light years away

.. Various astronomical distance measurement techniques

.. The Ptolemaic model for the universe

.. Mercury's perihelion (point of closest approach to the Sun) slowly advances as the

planet orbits the Sun

.. An illustration of spacetime curvature

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.. The Doppler shift is an effect of relative motion

.. The radial velocity, vr , is the velocity of an object measured along the line of sight

from a telescope to the moving star

.. Three examples of a hydrogen-absorption spectrum

.. Hubble's published data demonstrating how the recession velocity of galaxies

increases the farther away they are

.. An illustration of a Big Bang start leading to an expanding universe

.. Wrong and right ways to think about the Big Bang explosion

.. A blueberry-muffin analogy for the Big Bang

.. Cosmic microwave background radiation

.. Particle capture processes

.. The relative abundances of some of the light elements and isotopes relative

t o h y d r o g e n

.. The contemporary inflationary Big Bang model of the universe

.. The Planck satellite survey of the cosmic microwave background radiation for the

e n t i r e u n i v e r s e

.. Another representation of the Planck data

.. Recent measurements from the Planck satellite survey showing the distribution of

ordinary matter versus dark matter versus dark energy

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