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God and the New Physics

by Paul Davies

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Argues that the discoveries of twentieth-century physics--relativity and the quantum theory--demand a radical reformulation of the fundamentals of reality and a way of thinking, that is closer to mysticism than materialism.
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Advances in the field of science known as the new physics could bring within our grasp a unified description of all creation. This would demand a radical reformulation of the most fundamental aspects of reality and a way of thinking that is closer in accord with mysticism than materialism.
  PendleHillLibrary | Nov 10, 2023 |
A good popular summary of the science, but a lot of straw in the religious "debates." The tv show "The Big Bang Theory" covers the topic better. Excellent, if now dated, bibliography. ( )
  DromJohn | Nov 11, 2018 |
A poor attempt to link God & physics/cosmology.
Read in Samoa June 2002 ( )
  mbmackay | Nov 26, 2015 |
This is one of the very best books about religion and science. ( )
  hcubic | Jan 30, 2013 |
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Argues that the discoveries of twentieth-century physics--relativity and the quantum theory--demand a radical reformulation of the fundamentals of reality and a way of thinking, that is closer to mysticism than materialism.

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Come fu creato, se fu creato, l'universo? Avrà un fine, e quale? Che cos'è la materia e quali sono le sue origini? Che cos'è la mente? Può sopravvivere alla morte? In Dio e la nuova fisica, Paul Davies ripropone una serie di interrogativi da sempre sollevati dalle varie dottrine filosofiche e religiose e trova risposte soddisfacenti nelle ipotesi della nuova fisica e della cosmologia, che sembrano spiegare l'origine delle strutture complesse dell'universo senza bisogno di ricorrere all'opera organizzatrice di una divinità. Resta però aperta la questione di un altro ordine che a molti sembra dimostrare l'esistenza di un progetto: quello che si manifesta nelle stesse leggi della fisica, nel fatto cioè che materia ed energia non sprofondano nel caos ma danno vita a strutture simmetriche di eleganza e coerenza entusiasmanti, davanti alle quali "gli scienziati spesso provano un senso di commossa meraviglia"
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