Science and religion in a changing world -- Genesis -- Did God create the universe? -- Why is there a universe? -- What is life? Holism vs reductionism -- Mind and soul -- The self -- The quantum factor -- Time -- Freewill and determinism -- The fundamental structure of matter -- Accident or design? -- Black holes and cosmic chaos -- Miracles -- The end of the universe -- Is the universe a "free lunch?" -- The physicist's conception of nature.