Paul Davies

God and the New Physics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An explanation of how recent discoveries of the new physics are revolutionizing our view of the world and, in particular, throwing light on many of the questions formerly posed by religion

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780141962726
• Artikelnr.: 39189357

Autorenporträt

Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, now based in South Australia. He is the author of some twenty award-winning books, including About Time and The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin of Life.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Science and religion in a changing world
2 Genesis
3 Did God create the universe?
4 Why is there a universe?
5 What is life? Holism vs reductionism
6 Mind and soul
7 The self
8 The quantum factor
9 Time
10 Freewill and determinism
11 The fundamental structure of matter
12 Accident or design?
13 Black holes and cosmic chaos
14 Miracles
15 The end of the universe
16 Is the universe a 'free lunch'?
17 The physicist's conception of nature
Footnotes
Select Bibliography
Index