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*'''''Science and theology in Einstein's perspective''''', Edinburgh: [[Scottish Academic Press]], 1986, ISBN 0-7073-0449-0
*'''''Science and theology in Einstein's perspective''''', Edinburgh: [[Scottish Academic Press]], 1986, ISBN 0-7073-0449-0
* '''''Science, theology and Einstein''''', New York: [[Oxford University Press]], 1982, ISBN 0-1952-0378-X (Original Publication @ Belfast: [[Christian Journals]], c1982, ISBN 0-9043-0280-6)
* '''''Science, theology and Einstein''''', New York: [[Oxford University Press]], 1982, ISBN 0-1952-0378-X (Original Publication @ Belfast: [[Christian Journals]], c1982, ISBN 0-9043-0280-6)
<blockquote> Excerpt: "[Iain Paul] promises that his interpretation of Einstein's scientific work will make special reference to the four papers written in 1905. He urges his readers to examine these papers and assures us that 'their contents are not technical,' but we do not find a summary of the contents of these papers anywhere in the volume. The book rambles, interprets its sources rather freely, is full of cliches, and lacks any reddeming intellectual value." -Book Review of ''Science, Theology and Einstein'' by [[Harold I. Brown]] in [[American Scientist]], Mar/Apr 1984, Vol 72, p. 218
<blockquote> "[Iain Paul] promises that his interpretation of Einstein's scientific work will make special reference to the four papers written in 1905. He urges his readers to examine these papers and assures us that 'their contents are not technical,' but we do not find a summary of the contents of these papers anywhere in the volume. The book rambles, interprets its sources rather freely, is full of cliches, and lacks any reddeming intellectual value." -Excerpt of Book Review of ''Science, Theology and Einstein'' by [[Harold I. Brown]] in [[American Scientist]], Mar/Apr 1984, Vol 72, p. 218
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Iain Paul is a theologian and reverend. He retired from the Church of Scotland (Craigneuk, Wishaw). in 1991. [1]

Works

Books

"[Iain Paul] promises that his interpretation of Einstein's scientific work will make special reference to the four papers written in 1905. He urges his readers to examine these papers and assures us that 'their contents are not technical,' but we do not find a summary of the contents of these papers anywhere in the volume. The book rambles, interprets its sources rather freely, is full of cliches, and lacks any reddeming intellectual value." -Excerpt of Book Review of Science, Theology and Einstein by Harold I. Brown in American Scientist, Mar/Apr 1984, Vol 72, p. 218

Journal articles

  • "Review of: Logic and Affirmation: Perspectives in Mathematics and Theology" by Iain Paul--Scottish Journal of Theology 43 no 4 1990, p 514-516.
Related Work: Logic and Affirmation: Perspectives in Mathematics and Theology by Puddefoot, John C--Series Title: Theology and Science at the Frontiers of Knowledge , Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1987.
Related Work: Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism by Philip Kitcher, MIT Press, 1982
Related Work: Theologische Versuche, Bd 13 by Rogge, Joachim [Editor] & Schille, Gottfried (1929-2005.) [Editor], (book's language: German), Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 1983.
Related Work: Angels, Apes, and Men by Stanley L Jaki, La Salle, Ill: Sherwood Sugden & Co, 1983, 128p.

References

  1. ^ "Church of Scotland", The Times, May 30, 1991, Thursday, 143 word


External Links

Review of Science, theology and Einstein

Comparison of Paul's thesis on Polanyi