Stanley Jaki

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Stanley Jaki (2007)

Stanley L. Jaki OSB (actually Szaniszló László Jáki ; born August 17, 1924 in Győr , † April 7, 2009 in Madrid , Spain ) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic religious , physicist and philosopher of science .

Life and study

Jaki entered the Benedictine order after graduating from school . He received his doctorate in systematic theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo in Rome in 1950 . In 1957 he received his PhD in physics from Fordham University , where he received his doctorate from Victor Franz Hess , the co-discoverer of cosmic rays and a Nobel Prize winner. He conducted research in the philosophy of science at Stanford University , the University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University, and the Institute for Advanced Study .

Since 1976, he has taught physics at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. Jaki died of complications from a myocardial infarction . He was also a Gifford Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and Fremantle Lecturer at Balliol College , Oxford.

Act

Jaki wrote over fifty books and over 400 articles, in particular several books on the relationship between science and Christianity, in particular on the history and philosophy of science.

Jaki took the view that Gödel's incompleteness theorem was relevant to a (yet to be developed) world formula .

Honors and awards (selection)

  • Honorary membership of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  • Corresponding member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Bordeaux
  • Lecomte-du-Noüy-Prix (1970)
  • Templeton Prize (1987)
  • Honorary doctorates from Central Michigan University (1974), Steubenville University (1986), St. Anselm College (1988), Marquette University (1989), St. Vincent College (1989), Fordham University (1991), Seton Hall University (1991)
  • Honorary citizen of Győr

Fonts

  • 1966. The Relevance of Physics. University of Chicago Press.
  • 1969. Brain, Mind and Computers. Herder & Herder.
  • 1969. The Paradox of Olbers' Paradox. Herder & Herder.
  • 1973. The Milky Way: an Elusive Road for Science. New York: Science History Publications.
  • 1974. Science and Creation: From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Univers. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
  • 1978. Planets and Planetarians. A History of Theories of the Origin of Planetary Systems. John Wiley & Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
  • 1978. The Road of Science and the Ways to God. Univ. of Chicago Press, and Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-226-39145-0
  • 1978. The Origin of Science and the Science of its Origins. Scottish Academic Press.
  • 1980. Cosmos and Creator. Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7073-0285-4
  • 1983. Angels, Apes and Men. La Salle IL: Sherwood, Sugden & Co. ISBN 0-89385-017-9
  • 1984. Uneasy Genius. The Life and Work of Pierre Duhem. The Hague: Nyhoff.
  • 1986. Chesterton, a Seer of Science. University of Illinois Press.
  • 1986. Lord Gifford and His Lectures. A Centenary Retrospective. Edinburgh: Scottish Academis Press, and Macon, GA .: Mercer University Press.
  • 1986. Chance or Reality and Other Essays. Lanham, MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
  • 1988. The Absolute Beneath the Relative and Other Essays. Lanham, MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
  • 2000 (1988). The Savior of Science. WB Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-4772-2
  • 1989. Miracles and Physics. Front Royal. VA .: Christendom Press. ISBN 0-931888-70-0
  • 1989. God and the Cosmologists. Regnery Gateway Inc .; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. (also under the title The Purpose of it All)
  • 1990. The Only Chaos and Other Essays. Lanham MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
  • 1991. Scientist and Catholic, An Essay on Pierre Duhem. Front Royal VA: Christendom Press.
  • 1998 (1992) Genesis 1 Through the Ages. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
  • 1996. Bible And Science. Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press. ISBN 0-931888-63-8
  • 2000. The Limits of a Limitless Science and Other Essays. Intercollegiate Studies Institute. ISBN 1-882926-46-3
  • 2008. Hail Mary, full of grace: A Commentary. New Hope, KY: Real View Books. ISBN 978-1-892539-06-9

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personal data
SURNAME Jaki, Stanley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaki, Stanley L .; Jáki, Szaniszló László (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian Roman Catholic priest, physicist and philosopher of science
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Győr
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 2009
Place of death Madrid , Spain