John Polkinghorne - Why the Cosmos?

The search for meaning and purpose is humanity's never-ending quest. Some say that 'how' questions belong to the realm of science, but 'why' questions do not. Yet extraordinary scientific discoveries offer radical powers of explanation. Can 'why' questions be brought into science? What about the biggest 'why' of them all?

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The Rev. John Charlton Polkinghorne was an English theoretical physicist, theologian, and writer. He was professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge, and he resigned his chair to become an ordained Anglican priest.

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