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- catalog abstract ""Since the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859, many have found science and belief in God irreconcilable. Now, in the final decade of the twentieth century, stunning advances in physics, biology, and the new fields of chaos and complexity have brought the conflict to a crucial stage. More and more, scientists have begun to look for a single fundamental law or truth that underlies the beginning of the universe and its continued existence. But can we truly find either God or a scientific theory that will erase once and for all the notion of God?" "This strikingly original book expertly yet clearly encapsulates the various cosmological arguments from science, religion, and philosophy for the nonspecialist. Called "a brilliant intermediary between the thinking of the physicist and the thinking of ordinary people" by a German radio commentator, Kitty Ferguson provides a tour de force review of the modern search for fundamental truth, writing in simple, readable prose and using relevant analogies. The result is a provocative, sometimes mind-bending challenge to reconsider the way we think about ourselves, our origin, and our destiny." "Moving beyond Stephen Hawking's quest (in A Brief History of Time) "to know the mind of God," Ferguson takes us one step nearer the answer to science's ultimate question: What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9651913.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""Since the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859, many have found science and belief in God irreconcilable. Now, in the final decade of the twentieth century, stunning advances in physics, biology, and the new fields of chaos and complexity have brought the conflict to a crucial stage. More and more, scientists have begun to look for a single fundamental law or truth that underlies the beginning of the universe and its continued existence. But can we truly find either God or a scientific theory that will erase once and for all the notion of God?" "This strikingly original book expertly yet clearly encapsulates the various cosmological arguments from science, religion, and philosophy for the nonspecialist. Called "a brilliant intermediary between the thinking of the physicist and the thinking of ordinary people" by a German radio commentator, Kitty Ferguson provides a tour de force review of the modern search for fundamental truth, writing in simple, readable prose and using relevant analogies. The result is a provocative, sometimes mind-bending challenge to reconsider the way we think about ourselves, our origin, and our destiny." "Moving beyond Stephen Hawking's quest (in A Brief History of Time) "to know the mind of God," Ferguson takes us one step nearer the answer to science's ultimate question: What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-300) and index.".
- catalog description "T̀hey buried him in Westminster Abbey' -- Seeing things -- Almost objective -- Romancing the creation -- The elusive mind of God -- The God of Abraham and Jesus -- Inadmissible evidence -- Theory of everything ... mind of God.".
- catalog extent "307 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0802838057 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.,".
- catalog subject "261.5/5 20".
- catalog subject "BL240.2 .F45 1995".
- catalog subject "God Proof, Cosmological.".
- catalog subject "Knowledge, Theory of.".
- catalog subject "Religion and science.".
- catalog tableOfContents "T̀hey buried him in Westminster Abbey' -- Seeing things -- Almost objective -- Romancing the creation -- The elusive mind of God -- The God of Abraham and Jesus -- Inadmissible evidence -- Theory of everything ... mind of God.".
- catalog title "The fire in the equations : science, religion, and the search for God / Kitty Ferguson.".
- catalog type "text".