The Unseen Universe, or Physical Speculations on a Future State

Originally published anonymously, The Unseen Universe is a bold attempt to bring scientific and religious readers together in harmony. Themselves both accomplished scientists, Steward and Tait hoped to calm those Christians who had come to see science as heretical and show scientists how they could reconcile the advances in their field with a belief in God and the immortality of the soul.

In this quest, they ask readers to consider the principle of Continuity, in which all the mechanics i...