The Physical Testifies to the Metaphysical

UNIVERSAL EVIDENCE OF GOD AND THE HEREAFTER papers on things we do not know, which lie on the edge of knowledge. “Compared to the pond of knowledge, our ignorance remains Atlantic. Indeed, the horizon of the unknown increases as we approach it. The usual encyclopedia states what we know. This one contains papers on what we do not know, on matters which lie on the edge of knowledge.” Here, we are giving an excerpt of an article titled, ‘The Top Ten Secrets of Science’ that appeared in the Sunday Times, London, dated December 4, 1977, p. 13, that shares the words of 10 of these scientists. The Top Ten Secrets of Science In The Encyclopaedia of Ignorance, to be published next Thursday, some 60 well-known scientists survey different research fields, trying to point out significant gaps in our knowledge of the world. They write at very different levels, at very different lengths. However, last week, we contacted some authors dealing with significant branches of science and asked them to name a single unsolved problem that they found especially important or interesting. They give their choices below, together with those of two—Professor John Maynard Smith and Dr. Francis Crick—who could not be contacted and which have been taken directly from the book. 1. Why is the universe so uniform? Ian Roxburgh, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Queen Mary College, London: “The universe is astonishingly