Scientific Insights into the Evolution of the Universe and of Life
Atti della Sessione Plenaria
del 31 ottobre - 4 novembre 2008
W. Arber, N. Cabibbo, M. Sánchez Sorondo (eds)
Acta 20
Vatican City, 2009
pp. LXVII-622
ISBN 978-88-7761-097-3
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Papst Benedikt XVI. über „Schöpfung und Evolution“ (PDF)
Kardinal Dr. Christoph Schönborn
The Reflections of Joseph Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI on Evolution (PDF)
Christoph Card. Schönborn
Session I – INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE
From a Simple Big Bang to Our Complex Cosmos (PDF)
Martin J. Rees
Scientific Quest into Evolution of Life in the Universe (PDF)
Govind Swarup
The Origin of the Universe (PDF)
Stephen Hawking
What We Know, and What We Don’t Know, About the Universe (PDF)
Vera C. Rubin
Galaxy Evolution (PDF)
José G. Funes
Rigorous Logic in the Theory of Evolution (PDF)
Antonino Zichichi
Session II – INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE
The Search for the Chemistry of Life’s Origin (PDF)
Albert Eschenmoser
The Birth of Oxygen (PDF)
John Abelson
The Genetic Code and Evolution (PDF)
Marshall W. Nirenberg
The Role of Chance in Evolution (PDF)
Giorgio Bernardi
Bacterial Evolution: Random or Selective? (PDF)
Rafael Vicuña
From Microbial Genetics to Molecular Darwinism and Beyond (PDF)
Werner Arber
Session III – INSIGHTS INTO HUMAN EVOLUTION
Why it is Useful to Know the Modern Theory of Evolution (PDF)
Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza and Francesco Cavalli-Sforza
The Future of Life (PDF)
Christian de Duve
The Evolutionary Origin and Process of the Central Nervous System: Comparative Genomics Approach (PDF)
Takashi Gojobori
Genetic and Epigenetic Shaping of Cognition – Prerequisites of Cultural Evolution (PDF)
Wolf Singer
The Language of God (PDF)
Francis S. Collins
The Bunch of Prehumans and the Emergence of the Genus Homo (PDF)
Yves Coppens
Culture in Hominization and its Implications in an Evolutionary View (PDF)
Fiorenzo Facchini
Cognition, Consciousness, and Culture: Understanding Human Cognition and its Grounding in a Primate Brain (PDF)
Stanislas Dehaene
Session IV – THEOLOGICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIETAL ASPECTS
Evolution and Creation: How to Terminate with a False Opposition Between Chance and Creation an Epistemological Note (PDF)
Jean-Michel Maldamé
The Human Being – God’s Plan or Just Sheer Chance? (PDF)
Ulrich Lüke
The Catholic Church and Evolutionary Theory: A Conflict Model (PDF)
Gereon Wolters
La doctrine philosophique et théologique de la Création chez Thomas D’Aquin (PDF)
Georges Card. Cottier
Naturalness and Directing Human Evolution a Philosophical Note (PDF)
Jürgen Mittelstrass
Session V – IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES: EVOLUTION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION
Evolution as Science and Ideology (PDF)
Stanley L. Jaki
Plant Breeding as an Example of ‘Engineered’ Evolution (PDF)
Ingo Potrykus
Digital Intelligence: The Evolution of a New Human Capacity (PDF)
Antonio M. Battro
The Teaching of Evolution (PDF)
Pierre J. Léna
The Latest Challenge to Evolution: Intelligent Design (PDF)
Maxine F. Singer
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