Wisconsin Public Radio
To The Best Of Our Knowledge
broadcast January 6, 2008

Einstein, God and the Universe

Steve Paulson

Albert Einstein died more than half a century ago, but there’s still a raging debate over what he thought about religion. He once said Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. In this excerpt from To the Best of Our Knowledge, what exactly did Einstein conclude about religion?

Steve Paulson speaks with several scientists, religious scholars and atheists about Albert Einstein’s religious beliefs. We hear from Richard Dawkins, Elaine Pagels, and Einstein biographer Walter Isaacson who debate what Einstein meant by “god.”