Tom McLeish - Let There Be Science: Why God Loves Science, and Science Needs God

Let There Be Science provides fascinating new insights into the worlds of science and faith. Full of engaging examples, this readable book entertains, informs, and challenges, breathing new life into a discussion with deep historical roots.

Denis Alexander, Emeritus Director of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St. Edmunds College, Cambridge

A fascinating and highly original contribution to the God and science discussion. David and Tom show that rather than science and Christianity being at war with each other, theres a powerful fit between science and faith. Far from Christianity only being for Dawkinss dyed-in-the-wool faith heads, Let There Be Science lays out a myriad ways that Christianity offers rich resources for science including the most powerful motive for doing science in the first place.

Dr Andy Bannister, Director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity, Adjunct Speaker, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries

This book is a highly thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between science and faith. The authors arguments are clearly and elegantly presented, and supported with fascinating examples from the history of the exploration of science. Recommended for non-scientists and scientists alike, it is a surprising and unexpected page-turner.

Angie Edwards, Director of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation

How do scientists interact with the cosmos as Gods creation? Here is an unexpected interlacing of fascinating science stories with an even larger framework of Biblical understanding. A really thoughtful and wide-ranging encounter.

Owen Gingerich, Professor emeritus of Astronomy and History of Science, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Whatever your personal stance on matters of religion and science, its surely encouraging to see calm and considered conversation being fostered between them. Let There Be Science makes a compelling case that the ethos of science and the insights that it brings into the workings of the natural world can have much to offer to people of faith. With passion and humility David Hutchings and Tom McLeish seek out common ground and show that, despite our differences, we are all united in our curiosity and capacity for wonder.

Dr Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer, Royal Observatory Greenwich

An immensely enjoyable and readable account of some of the big questions raised by modern science. The authors provide a wealth of detail as they open up their exciting vision of the relationship of science and Christian faith. Highly recommended.

Alister McGrath, Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, Oxford University

This is a brilliant book which uses fascinating human stories to demonstrate how science and religion belong together in the exploration of fundamental questions about life and the nature of reality. In an easy, approachable style the authors take us into the Big Ideas of science and shine on them the enriching light of biblical wisdom. Its a thrilling journey and renews the readers hope for a mature partnership between the great world views of science and religion, whereby each is a gift to the other and all of us are the beneficiaries. Read, mark, and enjoy.

The Rt Revd John Pritchard, former Bishop of Oxford

Let There Be Science is engagingly written so as to be thought-provoking to both the sceptic and evangelist alike. The book tackles prejudices and stereotypes head-on with such honesty that its effect is to engage and gently challenge rather than to patronise or preach. Whatever your persuasion you are likely to learn and be engaged with some beautiful science and find yourself grappling with the complexities of our human condition including our fascination with religion. A stimulating and highly enjoyable read.

Professor Sarah Thompson MBE, FInstP, Head of Department of Physics, University of York, Vice President Institute of Physics (Science and Innovation)

At a time when one of the great fallacies of our age continues to suggest that science and theology are incompatible, Tom McLeish and David Hutchings bring a creative dialogue between the two disciplines in Let There Be Science . They present a compelling vision, describing science as a gift from God in which science and theology interrelate and thrive in each others company. A timely book which shows Christian apologetics and the public understanding of science at its very best.

The Rt Revd Graham Usher, Bishop of Dudley

This is a book about the wonderfully human nature of science by two most wonderfully human of authors. A must read for those who fear or dismiss science and for those who make science into an idol. Here is the reality of science in all of its fun, its success, its complexity, its limitations, and its relationship to faith.

Revd Professor David Wilkinson, Principal of St Johns College and Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University