It happened on JANUARY 28

1369
The relics of St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) arrived in Tolouse. They were later moved back to Aquino in 1963. His liturgical feast is today. St. Thomas is a Doctor of the Church and the patron saint of theological studies. He authored the most important medieval synthesis between the science of his time and philosophy and theology.
1688
Ferdinand Verbiest died in Beijing. A German Jesuit, astronomer, and builder of scientific instruments, he was a missionary in China under the Emperor Kangxi of the Qing dynasty. Verbiest built the first Chinese thermometer along with seven bronze astronomical instruments, still visible today on the platform at the Beijing Ancient Observatory, which he directed from 1669 through 1688.
1986
The space shuttle Challenger exploded in flight a few seconds after liftoff. Tragically, all seven members of the crew died.

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On the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology


Readings on Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction, by Gabiele Coci

Matter and Light. The New Physics (1937), by Louis de Broglie

The Meaning of Beauty in Exact Natural Science (1970), by Werner Heisenberg

Quantum Mechanics (2002), by John Polkinghorne, from INTERS 

Faith and Quantum Theory (2007), by Stephen Barr

Quantum Mechanics. Philosophical and Theological Implications (2019), by Javier Sánchez Cañizares, from INTERS


Articles of Historical Interest

Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete? (1935), by A. Einstein, B. Podolski, N. Rosen

On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox (1964), by J.S. Bell

Experimental Realization of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm Gedankenexperiment: A New Violation of Bell's Inequalities (1982), by A. Aspect, P. Grangier and G. Roger

Moreover…

Pursuing Scientific Humanism. Letters Between Werner Heisenberg and Enrico Cantore, 1967-1976, a forthcoming book edited by Claudio Tagliapietra, INTERS staff

    

Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science

The Encyclopedia, published by the Centro di Documentazione Interdisciplinare di Scienza e Fede operating at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, provides new, scholarly articles in the rapidly growing international field of Religion and Science (ISSN: 2037-2329). INTERS is a free online encyclopedia.

Anthology and Documents

To emphasize and spread relevant documents within the scientific community, this section provides key materials concerning the dialogue among science, philosophy and theology.

   

Special Issues

We offer here a selection of comments and documents on special issues in Religion and Science, collected for anniversaries and/or for the relevance of the topics.