It’s not every day a science book turns into a publishing earthquake, but that’s exactly what’s happening in Europe.
A new English translation of God, the Science, the Evidence has scientists, philosophers, and even atheists talking about something many thought was off-limits in modern academia: whether science actually points to God.
A bestseller that’s breaking the rules
When two French authors (Michel-Yves Bolloré, a computer engineer, and Olivier Bonnassies, a media entrepreneur) released their book in 2021, they didn’t expect to sell more than 400,000 copies.
But their thesis was bold enough to spark a movement: that cutting-edge science now supports the idea of a creator.
And now, with the English edition dropping this October, the debate is going global.
“The latest scientific theories,” the authors argue, “lead to only one logical conclusion: an all-powerful mind created the universe and life within it.”
It’s a provocative message in an age dominated by materialism, but even some top scientists aren’t dismissing it.
Nobel laureate weighs in
In a twist few saw coming, Robert Wilson, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and co-discoverer of the cosmic microwave background, penned the book’s foreword.
While Wilson doesn’t personally subscribe to the idea of a divine creator, he acknowledged that the authors’ logic is sound.
“If the universe had a beginning,” he wrote (via The Times), “then we cannot avoid the question of creation.”
That’s not a conversion, it’s something arguably more powerful: a scientist publicly saying, this line of reasoning holds up.
From the Big Bang to DNA
God, the Science, the Evidence digs deep into physics, cosmology, and biology, from Einstein’s theory of relativity to the staggering complexity of DNA.
The authors argue that the evidence for design isn’t philosophical fluff; it’s written into the structure of the universe itself.
“DNA appeared 3.8 billion years ago, and it was a technological marvel,” Bonnassies explains, as per Mind Matters. “
Every living thing on Earth is coded by it and its sophistication goes far beyond what random chance could reasonably explain.”
To ensure scientific rigor, Bolloré and Bonnassies vetted their work with leading astrophysicists and neuroscientists, many of whom (believers and skeptics alike) agreed the arguments couldn’t be easily dismissed.
A shift in the scientific conversation
The real story may not be the book itself, but what it signals. For decades, the word “God” has been radioactive in scientific discourse.
Yet now, a growing number of scientists are quietly questioning whether materialism (the idea that everything can be explained by matter alone) is intellectually satisfying.
Researcher Jana Harmon, host of the Ex-Skeptic podcast, has noticed this trend firsthand.
“For many scientists I’ve interviewed, the catalyst for faith wasn’t emotional,” she said. “It was intellectual, the evidence itself pushed them to reconsider.”
Beyond materialism
With leading thinkers drifting toward ideas like panpsychism (the notion that consciousness is woven into the fabric of reality) it’s clear the old rules of science and faith are being rewritten.
Whether or not God, the Science, the Evidence proves its thesis, one thing is undeniable: the conversation about God and science is no longer fringe. It’s mainstream, and it’s only just beginning.