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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Alister McGrath: Science, Faith, and Making Sense of Things -- 2. John Houghton: A God Big Enough -- 3. Andrew Briggs: And Information Became Physical -- 4. Chris Done: From Spock to the Supernatural -- 5. Colin Humphreys: Can Science and Christianity Both Be True? -- 6. Simon Stuart: Reflections of a Christian Working in Science and Conservation -- 7. Francis Collins: What Do You Believe, Doctor? -- 8. Ghillean Prance: A Talent for Science -- 9. Monty Barker: Man - Dust with a Destiny -- 10. John Wood: From Nanotechnology to Macro-Organizations - Engineering Atoms and More -- 11. Andy Gosler: Surprise and the Value of Life -- 12. Jennifer Wiseman: Inspired by the Heavens -- 13. Sam Berry: Genes, Genesis and Greens -- 14. John Wyatt: No Easy Answers -- 15. Bob White: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Other Catastrophes -- 16. Simon Conway Morris: One Impossible Thing Before Breakfast: Evolution and Christianity -- 17. David Raffaelli: Inconvenient Truths -- 18. Denis Alexander: A Different Drum-beat -- 19. Rosalind Picard: Building Technology with Emotion -- 20. Donald MacKay: Science and Christian Faith Today -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index of Bible References -- Index

SummaryThe Shetland Islands lie in the North Atlantic approximately equi-distant between Scotland, Norway and the Faroes. The earliest known colonizers came from the Mediterranean, but when the Vikings arrived (c. AD 800), there seem to have few or no human inhabitants. The descendants of the west Scandinavians who came to the islands in the early Viking movement still comprise the bulk of the human population, and form a series of isolates unique in the United Kingdom.The paper summarizes the available information on the origins and physical characteristics of the Shetlanders. Much of this is trivial, but in the absence of any other review we have brought together what is known. The only blood group data are ABO frequencies which are similar to those on the other North Atlantic islands (Orkney, Faroe and Iceland). The best estimates of relationship are based on comparisons of non-metrical skull variant frequencies which show that the nearest relatives of the Shetlanders are the inhabitants of Jaeren in southern Norway. The same conclusion comes from independent evidence of linguistic affinities.Shetland has the highest known prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the world, and possibly a high incidence of gastric ulceration. It also has a large number of standard Down's syndrome (trisomy-21) patients. These could be the result of the fathers' periodic absences at sea, resulting in their families being spread over a large span of years. Clearly there are interesting and possibly important morbidity and mortality factors operating in the population—which could give significant information about genetical factors in disease. Data on mental defect and psychiatric disease are also presented.

Was ist der Mensch? Wo kommen wir her? Sind wir gewollt oder nur zufälliges Produkt einer blinden Evolution? 26 Professoren der Elite-Universitäten Oxford, Cambridge, MIT u. a. beleuchten brandaktuelle Fragen im Verhältnis von wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis zu christlichem Glauben. Sie geben auf leicht verständliche Art einen umfassenden Einblick in den heutigen Erkenntnisstand ihrer Fachgebiete, von der Kosmologie über die Evolutionsbiologie bis zur Genetik, und zeigen, dass auch die moderne Naturwissenschaft Gott nicht abgeschafft hat.