Also published: New York : Free Press, ©2007. 305 pages ("Featuring a discussion group guide"--Cover)

Introduction -- Part one : The chasm between science and faith. From atheism to belief -- The war of the worldviews -- Part two : The great questions of human existence. The origins of the universe -- Life on Earth : of microbes and man -- Deciphering God's instruction book : the lessons of the human genome -- Part three : Faith in science, faith in God. Genesis, Galileo, and Darwin -- Option 1 : Atheism and agnosticism (when science trumps faith) -- Option 2 : Creationism (when faith trumps science) -- Option 3 : Intelligent design (when science needs divine help) -- Option 4 : BioLogos (science and faith in harmony) -- Truth seekers -- Appendix : The moral practice of science and medicine : bioethics

A head of the Human Genome Project and former atheist presents a scientific argument for the existence of God, revealing how science can support faith by citing the areas of nature that can and cannot be fully explained by Darwinian evolution. One of the world's most famous scientists--the head of the Human Genome Project and a former atheist--interweaves science, logic, and intuition to present a most powerful argument for the existence of God