The Boston Globe, November 11th, 1991
"Ancient religion and modern science agree: We are here to give praise. Or, to slightly tip the expression, to pay attention." So says novelist/critic John Updike in a new book on "The Meaning of Life" compiled by David Friend and the editors of Life magazine. Among modern writers, Updike is well qualified to comment on the nexus where science and religion meet. Other writers sometimes dabble in fashionable scientific concepts such as entropy or relativity. Updike dabbles in all of science. He is equally at home with planets and neutrinos. Best of all, he understands the spirit of science -- i...
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