Godina izdanja: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Oblast: Astronomija
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Paul Davies - God and the New Physics



Penguin books, 1990. godine na 255. strana.



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In God and the New Physics, Davies confronts some of the biggest questions that have historically been addressed by philosophy and religion. He guides the reader through complex scientific theories, such as the Big Bang, quantum mechanics, and relativity, to examine their implications for metaphysics. The book explores whether the universe is a random accident or the product of intelligent design, the nature of miracles, the concept of a soul, the meaning of free will, and the physical basis of time and consciousness. Davies posits that the `new physics` is not only reshaping our understanding of the physical world but is also providing profound insights into questions once considered beyond the scope of scientific inquiry.


How did the universe begin and how will it end?
What is matter?
What is mind, and can it survive death?
What are time and space, and how do they relate to ideas about God?
Is the order of the universe the result of accident or design?
The most profound and age-old questions of existence -- for centuries the focus of religion and philosophy -- may soon be answered through the extraordinary advances of a field of science known as the new physics. In this illuminating work, Paul Davies, author of the acclaimed Other Worlds and The Edge of Infinity, writes that the discoveries of 20th-century physics -- relativity and the quantum theory -- are now pointing the way to a new appreciation of man and his place in the universe. They could, in fact, bring within our grasp a unified description of all creation. Demanding a radical reformulation of the most fundamental aspects of reality and a way of thinking that is in closer accord with mysticism than materialism, the new physics, says Davies, offers a surer path to God than religion.