Stanley Jaki
Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton • Education — * Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm (STD, 1950) • Fordham University (PhD, 1957) • Doctoral Advisor — Victor Hess • Awards — Templeton Prize (1987) • Honorific Prefix — The Reverend Doctor • Honorific Suffix — OSB Stanley L. Jaki (Jáki Szaniszló László; 17 August 1924 – 7 April 2009) was a Hungarian-born priest of the Benedictine order. From 1975 to his death, he was Distinguished University Professor at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey. He held doctorates in theology and in physics and was a leading contributor to the philosophy of science and the history of science, particularly to their relationship to Christianity.
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Stanley Jaki
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- Name
- Stanley Jaki
- Birth Name
- Stanley L.
- Born
- 17 August 1924
- Birthplace
- Győr, Hungary
- Died
- 7 April 2009
- Place of death
- Madrid, Spain
- Field
- Physics, Philosophy of Science
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- catholic priest · philosopher · physicist · university teacher · writer · historian of science · catholic theologian
- Fields
- theology · physics
- Education
- Fordham University · Pontificio Ateneo Sant Anselmo
- Honours
- Templeton Prize · honorary citizen of Győr
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Biography
Biography
In 2018, Jaki was named one of five Catholic scientists "that shaped our understanding of the world" by Aleteia; the other four are: Copernicus, Gregor Mendel, Giuseppe Mercalli and Georges Lemaître.
Stanley Jaki studied at Fordham University and Pontificio Ateneo Sant Anselmo. The recorded working language is English and Hungarian. The field of work recorded is theology and physics. Employment is recorded with Seton Hall University. Distinctions recorded are Templeton Prize and honorary citizen of Győr.
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• Name — Stanley Jaki • Birth Name — Stanley L. Jaki • Born — 17 August 1924 • Birthplace — Győr, Hungary • Died — 7 April 2009 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Field — Physics, Philosophy of Science • Workplaces — Seton Hall University Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm
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Stanley Jaki appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a Catholic theologian and physicist (17 August 1924 – 7 April 2009). Stanley Jaki was born on 17 August 1924; the birthplace is Győr, Hungary, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Stanley Jaki died on 7 April 2009 in Madrid.
Studies
Studies
After completing undergraduate training in philosophy, theology and mathematics, Jaki did graduate work in theology and physics and gained doctorates in theology from the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome (1950) and in physics from Fordham University (1958), where he studied under the Nobel laureate Victor Hess, the co-discoverer of cosmic rays. He also did post-doctoral research in Philosophy of Science at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
Research
Research
Jaki authored more than two dozen books on the relation between modern science and Christianity. He was Fremantle Lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford (1977), Hoyt Fellow at Yale University (1980) and Farmington Institute Lecturer at Oxford University (1988–1989). He was the Gifford Lecturer at Edinburgh University in 1974–1975 and 1975–1976. In 1987, he was awarded the Templeton Prize for furthering understanding of science and religion. He was among the first to claim that Gödel's incompleteness theorem is relevant for theories of everything (TOE) in theoretical physics. Gödel's theorem states that any theory that includes certain basic facts of number theory and is computably enumerable will be either incomplete or inconsistent. Since any 'theory of everything' must be consistent, it also must be incomplete.
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Place of activity recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: South Orange, New Jersey.
Death
Death
Jaki died in Madrid following a heart attack. He was in Spain visiting friends, on his way back to the United States after delivering lectures in Rome, for the Master in Faith and Science of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.
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- 1.Weber, Bruce. The Rev. Stanley L. Jaki, Physicist and Theologian, Dies at 84. The New York Times. April 12, 2009.
- 2.Death of Rev. Stanley Jaki - News & Events - Seton Hall University.
- 3.Professor Named One of Five Catholic Scientists that 'Shaped our Understanding of the World' - Seton Hall University. www.shu.edu. June 2018.
- 4.Father Stanley L. Jaki, O.S.B. Seaton Hall University.
- 5.Oppenheimer lived in the confines of mystery. Fordham University. 8 December 2023.
- 6.don Giuseppe Tanzella Nitti. Stanley Yaki. Dizionario Italiano di Scienza e Fede.
- 7.Cf. Jaki's "A Late Awakening to Gödel in Physics"
- 8.Death of Rev. Stanley L. Jaki, O.S.B.
- 9.Flatté, Stanley M. Review: Symmetries and Reflections by Eugene P. Wigner and The Relevance of Physics by Stanley Jacki. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 28–30. March 1968.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 35
- Jaki, Stanley L., O.S.B. Les tendances nouvelles de l'ecclesiologie. Herder. 1957.
- Flatté, Stanley M. Review: Symmetries and Reflections by Eugene P. Wigner and The Relevance of Physics by Stanley Jacki. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 28–30. March 1968.
- 1969. Brain, Mind and Computers. Herder & Herder.
- 1969. The Paradox of Olbers' Paradox. Herder & Herder.
- 1973. The Milky Way: an Elusive Road for Science. New York: Science History Publications.
- 1974. Science and Creation: From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Universe. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
- 1978. Planets and Planetarians. A History of Theories of the Origin of Planetary Systems. John Wiley & Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
- 1978. The Road of Science and the Ways to God. Univ. of Chicago Press, and Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
- 1978. The Origin of Science and the Science of its Origins. Scottish Academic Press.
- 1980. Cosmos and Creator. Scottish Academic Press.
- 1983. Angels, Apes and Men. La Salle IL: Sherwood, Sugden & Co.
- 1984. Uneasy Genius. The Life and Work of Pierre Duhem. The Hague/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
- 1986. Chesterton, a Seer of Science. University of Illinois Press.
- 1986. Lord Gifford and His Lectures. A Centenary Retrospective. Edinburgh: Scottish Academis Press, and Macon, GA.: Mercer University Press.
- 1986. Chance or Reality and Other Essays. Lanham, MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
- 1987. The Keys of the Kingdom: A Tool's Witness to Truth. Chicago, IL: Franciscan Herald Press.
- 1988. The Absolute Beneath the Relative and Other Essays. Lanham, MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
- 2000 (1988). The Savior of Science. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids.
- 1989. Miracles and Physics. Front Royal. VA.: Christendom Press.
- 1989. God and the Cosmologists. Regnery Gateway Inc.; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
- The Purpose of it All
- 1990. The Only Chaos and Other Essays. Lanham MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
- 1991. Scientist and Catholic, An Essay on Pierre Duhem. Front Royal VA: Christendom Press.
- 1994. Patterns or Principals and Other Essays. ISBN 978-1882926091.
- 1998 (1992) Genesis 1 Through the Ages. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
- 1996. Bible And Science. Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press.
- 1999. God and the Sun at Fatima. Royal Oak, MI: Real View Books.
- 2000. The Limits of a Limitless Science and Other Essays. Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
- 2000. Christ and science. Real View Books.
- 2001. Praying the Psalms, A Commentary, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids,
- 2002. A Mind's Matter: An Intellectual Autobiography. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids.
- 2004. And On This Rock: Witness Of One Land & Two Covenants. Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press.
- 2008. Hail Mary, full of grace: A Commentary. New Hope, KY: Real View Books.
- Jaki, Stanley L., O.S.B. New Trends in Ecclesiology. Real View Books. 2021. 978-1-892539-25-0.
- 2024. Christ and Science and Other Essays. Asociación Española Ciencia y Cultura.
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