The Nine Billion Names of God

Science is an odd theme to choose on the brink of Holy Week.  Or maybe not so odd.  In a way, science is miraculous. It’s an expression of man’s dignity and genius.  It offers our species two deep satisfactions: the joy of discovering how the world works, and the means of using what we learn to improve our lives and the lives of others.  It also seems to answer the “why” of things.  Why do colliding atoms produce energy?  Why can enough of that energy, properly channeled, vaporize an entire city like Hiroshima?  And why can we even wonder about such things?