Claudio Tagliapietra is assistant professor of dogmatic theology and associate director of the DISF Research Center on Science and Faith at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
""During the Cold War, C. P. Snow famously wrote about 'two cultures, ' the humanities and the sciences, which had become divided to our detriment. In response, Jesuit philosopher Enrico Cantore offered a deeply Christocentric theology of creation to ground what he called 'scientific humanism, ' an effort to reinvigorate the human dimensions of science. This book brings Cantore back into that important ongoing conversation."" --Edward B. Davis, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science, Messiah University ""Theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg will be well known to readers. . . . Until encountering this rich correspondence I knew virtually nothing about Cantore and am grateful to Claudio Tagliapietra for his labors in compiling, cataloguing, and translating this correspondence. In doing so he has performed a sterling service, introducing to us a relatively little-known figure whose ideas and aspirations are deserving of wider circulation. . . . This present publication of his correspondence with Heisenberg is another measure of his ongoing influence. Not only does it provide rewarding insights into the lives, struggles, and ideals of two remarkable individuals, it also reminds us of the enduring importance of Cantore's mission."" --Peter Harrison, Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy, University of Queensland