"When a scientist writes about God, his colleagues assume he is either over the hill or going bonkers. In my case it should be understood from the start that I am an agnostic in religious matters. My views on this question are close to those of Darwin, who wrote, "My theology is a simple muddle. I cannot look at the Universe as the result of blind chance, yet I see no evidence of beneficent design in the details.""
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God and the Astronomers (1978), Ch. 1 : In the Beginning.
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Robert Jastrow
Robert Jastrow (September 7, 1925 – February 8, 2008) was an American astronomer, planetary physicist and cosmologist. He was a NASA scientist, populist author and futurist.
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