The Hidden Face of God: Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth
by Gerald L. Schroeder
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A tour of modern science, from the universe as a whole to the smallest particle of matter, to show that there is an underlying wisdom beneath it all. The book combines physics, biology and neuroscience to illuminate the unity of the great plan behind the universe. It draws on traditional religious topics such as free will, evil and man's place in the universe to show that scientists have sometimes changed the surface debates on these issues, but have mainly deepened our appreciation and show more understanding of the ultimate questions and God's place in the world. show lessTags
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This is a secular book by an MIT PHD who looks at the complexity of scientific advancement and make a case that in a universe that prefers the state of chaos, our complex life forms on earth could not have grown from a sum of coincidences and that, despite the claims of the likes of Hawking and Goulding, there has to be some guiding force to bring it about. His explanations of the scientific processes that occur from cell division in reproduction to the complexities of the abilities of the human brain are generally interesting to follow.
This is a secular book by an MIT PHD who looks at the complexity of scientific advancement and make a case that in a universe that prefers the state of chaos, our complex life forms on earth could not have grown from a sum of coincidences and that, despite the claims of the likes of Hawking and Goulding, there has to be some guiding force to bring it about. His explanations of the scientific processes that occur from cell division in reproduction to the complexities of the abilities of the human brain are generally interesting to follow.
A Christian friend convinced me to read this, in an attempt to convert me. The entire book goes like this: "Hey, look at this really neat scientific thing. There, that proves that there is a god, right?"
Um, no. Sorry.
Um, no. Sorry.
its a cool 200 pages of argument for intelligent design, philosophically weak, but lots of cool facts
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Gerald L. Schroeder is the author of Genesis and the Big Bang and The Science of God. He earned his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before moving to laboratories at the Weizmann Institute, the Hebrew University, and the Volcani Research Institute in Israel. His work has been reported in Time, Newsweek, Scientific American, and show more in leading newspapers around the world. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and their five children show less
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- Original publication date
- 2002-04-30
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
- DDC/MDS
- 215 — Religion Philosophy & theory of religion Science and religion
- LCC
- BL240.2 .S3226 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Natural theology Religion and science
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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