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 d... read full description
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Jan 19, 2009
Hazel
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Quite excited about this book. There's so much stuff in here that I've always wanted to know about, mainly regarding quantum physics and relativity. And Hawking somehow never did it for me. I now know for example that time doesn't really exist... or well it does actually, but there's no such thing as "the past" or "the future". Particularly enlightening also is the chapter that describes life as a holistic system that does not make sense when merely studied at particle level.
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Sep 02, 2009
White
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Davies makes a convincing attempt to bring God into the nature of physics in this book, rather than the religious approach of bringing the nature of physics into God. (Or is it the other way around?)
This is a great book that describes the details of our universe as something that wraps around us and in us and as us, rather than something we are observing. A hydrogen atom is the same in a droplet of water as it is and always was across lightyears of the universe and 10 billion years a More...
This is a great book that describes the details of our universe as something that wraps around us and in us and as us, rather than something we are observing. A hydrogen atom is the same in a droplet of water as it is and always was across lightyears of the universe and 10 billion years a More...
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Jul 06, 2009
Mrs_M
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Davies makes a convincing attempt to bring God into the nature of physics in this book, rather than the religious approach of bringing the nature of physics into God. (Or is it the other way around?)
This is a great book that describes the details of our universe as something that wraps around us and in us and as us, rather than something we are observing. A hydrogen atom is the same in a droplet of water as it is and always was across lightyears of the universe and 10 billion years a More...
This is a great book that describes the details of our universe as something that wraps around us and in us and as us, rather than something we are observing. A hydrogen atom is the same in a droplet of water as it is and always was across lightyears of the universe and 10 billion years a More...
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Dec 08, 2010
Kimwyl
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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?
Davies makes the pretty bold claim that science offers a surer path to God than does religion. However, the God that m More...
Davies makes the pretty bold claim that science offers a surer path to God than does religion. However, the God that m More...
Dec 28, 2011
Krista
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The physics parts were interesting. The God parts were less about God and more about disproving organized religion, which in my opinion, are two very different things. But, I learned a lot, it made me think, and I got some new ideas for the story I was researching, so it deserves a four just for that!
Oct 24, 2009
Jef
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...religion is founded on revelation and received wisdom. Religious dogma that claims to contain unalterable Truth can hardly be modified to fit changing ideas. The true believer must stand by his faith whatever the evidence against it.
However astonishing and inexplicable a particular occurrence may be, we can never be absolutely sure that at some distant time in the future a natural phenomenon will not be discovered to explain it.
After demolishing the ontological and teleological ar More...
However astonishing and inexplicable a particular occurrence may be, we can never be absolutely sure that at some distant time in the future a natural phenomenon will not be discovered to explain it.
After demolishing the ontological and teleological ar More...
Jan 25, 2011
Mitzi
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This book is a fascinating look at how Physics is influencing our view of the origins of our existence, and our universe. It doesn't give any definitive answers to the "big questions" though - science isn't quite there, yet...
Jan 25, 2009
Hrmm, just finding out about this Paul Davies character (from a throwaway to-read added by Rebecca). If anyone can suggest a better book to start with, let me know before I pick this up in a few days!
Mar 25, 2009
Charlie
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Excellent work that delves into quantum mechanics on a layman's terms.
And chapter 12 is still causing controversy even after 12 years+ of debate (you know who you are LOL)
And chapter 12 is still causing controversy even after 12 years+ of debate (you know who you are LOL)
Aug 28, 2010
Christian
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Read this a long time ago during university. Great mind opening stuff on the edges of scientific understanding and religion.
Jul 15, 2009
Charles
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It certainly gave me some food for thought.
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Dec 16, 2009
Eli
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Ghost in the machine? Intelligence in the design of the universe, without the need for a god who is Creator or worse yet a Dictator.
Part of my intro to religious studies class in college, which had me thinking maybe I wanted to pursue comparative religious studies for a while there. Seriously influenced my own long-standing belief in a intelligent life force in the universe that syncs up pretty well with a sort of esoteric Taoist/Buddhist understanding of the nature of reality.
Part of my intro to religious studies class in college, which had me thinking maybe I wanted to pursue comparative religious studies for a while there. Seriously influenced my own long-standing belief in a intelligent life force in the universe that syncs up pretty well with a sort of esoteric Taoist/Buddhist understanding of the nature of reality.
Jul 14, 2007
Michael
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Beautiful!!
See God as the incredible-shrinking man!!
As science grows and matures, religion and gods play smaller roles in people's lives.
God and the New Physics shows how the "God in the Gaps" argument can be utilised to prove God's possible existence.
The depiction of the recent finding in physics is breathtaking!
See God as the incredible-shrinking man!!
As science grows and matures, religion and gods play smaller roles in people's lives.
God and the New Physics shows how the "God in the Gaps" argument can be utilised to prove God's possible existence.
The depiction of the recent finding in physics is breathtaking!
Nov 18, 2007
serina
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oh my god, this book rocked me to the core. an in depth, intellectual dive into the universe and its beginnings, time, space, and physics in relation to spirituality.
May 17, 2011
Amy
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Very interesting, but obviously takes a level of concentration to read. :)
Sep 18, 2007
Anome
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Somehow, I'm left with the opinion that Davies doesn't quite get it. Still, he seems to be popular with a certain segment of the community.
May 06, 2008
dead letter office
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you only need read one of this and Mind of God, by the same author, and Mind of God is better.
Feb 01, 2011
Marilyn
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A good companion read to Parellel Universes by Wolf, A Brief History of Time by Hawking
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