The Return of the God Hypothesis
Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe
New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 568 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"The anticipated third book from New York Times bestselling author and respected Intelligent Design scholar Stephen C. Meyer makes a compelling argument for the existence of God based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The Judeo-Christian origins of modern science -- Three metaphors and the making of the scientific world picture -- The rise of scientific materialism and the eclipse of theistic science -- The light from distant galaxies -- The Big Bang theory -- The curvature of space and the beginning of the universe -- The Goldilocks universe -- Extreme fine tuning--by design? -- The origin of life and the DNA enigma -- The Cambrian and other information explosions -- How to assess a metaphysical hypothesis -- The God hypothesis and the beginning of the universe -- The God hypothesis and the design of the universe -- The God hypothesis and the design of life -- The information shell game -- One God or many universes? -- Stephen Hawking and quantum cosmology -- The cosmological information problem -- Collapsing waves and Boltzmann brains -- Acts of God or God of the gaps? -- The big questions and why they matter.
ISBN:
9780062071507
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-551) and index.