This is one of my most favorite books. I really loved it as the author has tried his level best to present even pure scientific research and developments in a very lucid and easy language for common readers who may not have the academic background of Science.
The most important feature of this book is that the author tries to analyze our religious beliefs and perceptions on the anvil of logic and scientific findings. For all those people who have genuine interest in Metaphysics, this book is a must reading.
The book deals fundamentally with cosmology although throughout the text several sciences are mentioned, such as: physics, mathematics, neurology, and philosophy. It deals with a wide variety of philosophical problems, such as the nature of God, miracles, free will, time, and consciousness. Davies seeks to explain the changing roles of religion and science, and the way in which physics is giving insights into what were once considered solely religious or philosophical questions.
The book is written at a level which makes it suitable for all kinds of readers, from experts to beginners. 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.
Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, who holds the position of Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University, Sidney.
He is the author of over twenty books, including The Mind of God, About Time and How to Build a Time Machine.
This is one of several books that Davies has written about the impact of science on religious belief and specifically on the existence of God. As he tells us in his preface, he addresses four questions. Why are the laws of nature what they are? Why does the universe consist of the things it does? How did those things arise? How did the universe achieve its organization? The book offers a review of traditional arguments for God's existence in the light of modern science. Probably the best of these today is the "fine tuning" evidence. The book provides a useful summary of the situation as it appeared in the 1980s, when Davies was writing, but it has been largely superseded by his later book The Goldilocks Enigma, which offers his mature reflections on the questions he addresses here.
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