Francis S. Collins's Reading List
Though he believes in “the harmony of science and faith,” the director of the National Institutes of Health and the author of “The Language of God” says he keeps books by Dawkins and Hitchens on his shelves: “Iron sharpens iron.”
Open in WellRead Daily app →By the Book: Francis S. Collins (2013)
NYT By the Book column (2013-07-25).
Source: www.nytimes.com
Eric Topol · Buy on Amazon
"I found “The Creative Destruction of Medicine,” by Eric Topol, to be very provocative. Eric makes the case that the full utilization of these powerful technologies will require a major overhaul of our current system of delivering medical care."
Siddhartha Mukherjee · 2010 · Buy on Amazon
"But for spinning a yarn about the history of medical advances, there has been no better book in recent memory than “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” by Siddhartha Mukherjee."
Darrel Falk · Buy on Amazon
"For conservative Christians, “Coming to Peace With Science,” by Darrel Falk, and “Origins,” by Deborah and Loren Haarsma, are accessible and reassuring reads."
Deborah and Loren Haarsma · Buy on Amazon
"“Origins,” by Deborah and Loren Haarsma, are accessible and reassuring reads."
Kenneth Miller · Buy on Amazon
"Slightly edgier but very well-argued perspectives are provided by “Finding Darwin’s God,” by Kenneth Miller, and Karl Giberson’s “Saving Darwin.”"
Denis Alexander · Buy on Amazon
"I found Denis Alexander’s book “Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose?” to be an exceptionally well-articulated synthesis."
Tim Keller · Buy on Amazon
"if you are looking for a pastor’s perspective on faith and reason, have a look at “The Reason for God,” by the Rev. Tim Keller of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church."
Francis S. Collins · Buy on Amazon
"Perhaps immodestly, I’d recommend my own book, “The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine.”"
Kevin Davies · Buy on Amazon
"Other well-written descriptions include “The $1,000 Genome,” by Kevin Davies, and Misha Angrist’s “Here Is a Human Being.”"
Rebecca Skloot · Buy on Amazon
"Nothing compares in terms of recent impact on society with “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” by Rebecca Skloot. Her book tells the story of how the first immortal human cell line was derived without consent from an African-American woman more than 60 years ago."
Charles Dickens · Buy on Amazon
"My favorite was Charles Dickens’s “The Pickwick Papers,” but “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn” were on the shortlist."
Mark Twain · Buy on Amazon
"“Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn” were on the shortlist."
George Orwell · 1949 · Buy on Amazon
"Later, as a budding scientist in high school, I read “1984” when it still seemed like a distant future vision, and worried about where science might be taking us."
Eric Metaxas · Buy on Amazon
"I was deeply moved by Eric Metaxas’ biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer."
Walter Isaacson · 2007 · Buy on Amazon
"loved “Einstein: His Life and Universe,” by Walter Isaacson."
James Watson · Buy on Amazon
"for a well-told yarn of scientific competition, blind alleys, dirty tricks and triumph, there is no substitute for Jim Watson’s “The Double Helix.”"
C. S. Lewis · Buy on Amazon
"As an atheist evolving to agnosticism, and seeking answers to whether or not belief in God is potentially rational, my life was turned upside down 35 years ago by reading C. S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity.”"
L. Frank Baum · Buy on Amazon
"I read everything written by Frank Baum — including “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” of course — which, at age 7, I turned into a full script that was performed on the stage. But there were 14 Oz books, and I loved them all."
Sinclair Lewis · Buy on Amazon
"I’m tempted to go with Martin Arrowsmith (the title character of Sinclair Lewis’s 1925 novel) — an early model of the modern medical researcher."
Alister McGrath · Buy on Amazon
"“C. S. Lewis: A Life” — a new biography from Alister McGrath."