Books by Owen Gingerich

Part biography of a book and a man, part bibliographic and bibliophilic quest, Gingerich's The Book Nobody Read is an utterly captivating piece of writing, a testament to the power both of books and the love of books.

Many scientists look at the universe and conclude we are here by chance. The astronomer and historian Owen Gingerich looks at the same evidence-and the fact that the universe is comprehensible to our minds-and sees it as proof for the intentions of a Creator-God. The more rigorous science becomes, the more clearly God's handiwork can be understood.

This catalogue of an exhibition featuring items given by Harrison Horblit '33, one of Houghton Library's most distinguished donors, includes materials covering Manuscripts and the Cradle of Printing, Early Arithmetics, Early English Printing, the Scientific Renaissance, Printing and Bibliography, Interesting Bindings, and Early Photography.

Gingerich argues that an individual can be both a creative scientist and a believer in divine design-that indeed the motivation for scientific research can derive from a desire to trace God's handiwork. He carves out "a theistic space" from which to contemplate a universe where God plays an interactive role, unnoticed yet not excluded by science.