From Galileo to Gell-Mann Quotes

“Wittgenstein could not avoid recognizing that “an experience is such that when I prove it to myself I marvel at the existence of the world. And here I am inclined to use phrases such as ‘how extraordinary it is that something exists’ or ‘how extraordinary it is that the world exists.’” This wonder at existence is the condition for an authentic encounter with things and opens up the possibility of knowledge.”
― Marco Bersanelli, From Galileo to Gell-Mann: The Wonder that Inspired the Greatest Scientists of All Time: In Their Own Words

“The passages are introduced and commented on according to an approach that sets out to document the event of scientific knowledge as an amazing encounter between a subject and an object, between the human being and the cosmos—an encounter in which reason shows itself in its nature of openness to the world, its demand for exhaustive meaning.”
― Marco Bersanelli, From Galileo to Gell-Mann: The Wonder that Inspired the Greatest Scientists of All Time: In Their Own Words

“I simply think that the dialogue that is intensifying between theology, philosophy, and science can first of all lead to an understanding of the objectives and the limitations of each of these disciplines and then prepare the road so that, through confrontation of ideas and constructive dialogue, each in its own specific field will contribute to the quest for that Truth which is God.”
― Marco Bersanelli, From Galileo to Gell-Mann: The Wonder that Inspired the Greatest Scientists of All Time: In Their Own Words

“some of our colleagues even think that we are in a position to create other universes for ourselves. In other words, first we do everything possible to deny the existence or the need for God and then we try to invent a “better” god of our own making to put in his place. I personally believe that there is no necessary conflict between religious experience and science. Thus, both scientific research and the quest for God are profound expressions of our reality as human beings.”
― Marco Bersanelli, From Galileo to Gell-Mann: The Wonder that Inspired the Greatest Scientists of All Time: In Their Own Words