Signposts of the Divine

Modern Physics and Ancient Faith, by Stephen M. Barr (Notre Dame, 312 pp., $30)

ANYONE who read Superman comics as a kid will remember Bizarro World. This was a planet, way out in the far reaches of space, where everything was exactly the opposite of Earth: Instead of being round, Bizarro World was a cube; evil genius Lex Luthor was a good guy; and Superman had no superhuman powers.