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A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. An acclaimed author who has spent his career writing about mathematics and the sciences, he turns the scientific community’s cherished skepticism back on itself, daring to ask and answer some rather embarrassing questions: Has anyone provided a proof of God’s inexistence? Has quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? Have the sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? Not even close. More importantly, are physicists and biologists willing to believe in anything so long as it is not religious thought? Close enough.

Berlinski does not dismiss the achievements of western science. The great physical theories, he observes, are among the treasures of the human race. But they do nothing to answer the questions that religion asks, and they fail to offer a coherent description of the cosmos or the methods by which it might be investigated. This brilliant, incisive, and funny book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be–indeed must be–the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world and ourselves.</DIV>]]> 6595148 1 6788890 21 9 2009 The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions total:4|5:0|4:4|3:0|2:0|1:0| 4 16 5 2 72837 3.46 274 71 62302241 1012614 6595148 0465019374 9780465019373 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6595148-the-devil-s-delusion 4.00 4 The Devil’s Delusion, “marks the consolidation in our time of science as the single system of belief in which rational men and women might place their faith, and if not their faith, then certainly their devotion.”

A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. An acclaimed author who has spent his career writing about mathematics and the sciences, he turns the scientific community’s cherished skepticism back on itself, daring to ask and answer some rather embarrassing questions: Has anyone provided a proof of God’s inexistence? Has quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? Have the sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? Not even close. More importantly, are physicists and biologists willing to believe in anything so long as it is not religious thought? Close enough.

Berlinski does not dismiss the achievements of western science. The great physical theories, he observes, are among the treasures of the human race. But they do nothing to answer the questions that religion asks, and they fail to offer a coherent description of the cosmos or the methods by which it might be investigated. This brilliant, incisive, and funny book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be–indeed must be–the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world and ourselves.</DIV>]]> 4 1 false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 00:11:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 10:15:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 81764205 2154411 6595148 0465019374 9780465019373 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6595148-the-devil-s-delusion 4.00 4 The Devil’s Delusion, “marks the consolidation in our time of science as the single system of belief in which rational men and women might place their faith, and if not their faith, then certainly their devotion.”

A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. An acclaimed author who has spent his career writing about mathematics and the sciences, he turns the scientific community’s cherished skepticism back on itself, daring to ask and answer some rather embarrassing questions: Has anyone provided a proof of God’s inexistence? Has quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? Have the sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? Not even close. More importantly, are physicists and biologists willing to believe in anything so long as it is not religious thought? Close enough.

Berlinski does not dismiss the achievements of western science. The great physical theories, he observes, are among the treasures of the human race. But they do nothing to answer the questions that religion asks, and they fail to offer a coherent description of the cosmos or the methods by which it might be investigated. This brilliant, incisive, and funny book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be–indeed must be–the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world and ourselves.</DIV>]]> 4 0 false Tue Dec 22 10:31:44 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 22 10:32:49 -0800 2009 80643933 797175 6595148 0465019374 9780465019373 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6595148-the-devil-s-delusion 4.00 4 The Devil’s Delusion, “marks the consolidation in our time of science as the single system of belief in which rational men and women might place their faith, and if not their faith, then certainly their devotion.”

A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. An acclaimed author who has spent his career writing about mathematics and the sciences, he turns the scientific community’s cherished skepticism back on itself, daring to ask and answer some rather embarrassing questions: Has anyone provided a proof of God’s inexistence? Has quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? Have the sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? Not even close. More importantly, are physicists and biologists willing to believe in anything so long as it is not religious thought? Close enough.

Berlinski does not dismiss the achievements of western science. The great physical theories, he observes, are among the treasures of the human race. But they do nothing to answer the questions that religion asks, and they fail to offer a coherent description of the cosmos or the methods by which it might be investigated. This brilliant, incisive, and funny book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be–indeed must be–the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world and ourselves.</DIV>]]> 4 0 false Sat Dec 19 19:38:49 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 06:22:51 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 19:38:49 -0800 2009 76564708 2887580 6595148 0465019374 9780465019373 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6595148-the-devil-s-delusion 4.00 4 The Devil’s Delusion, “marks the consolidation in our time of science as the single system of belief in which rational men and women might place their faith, and if not their faith, then certainly their devotion.”

A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. An acclaimed author who has spent his career writing about mathematics and the sciences, he turns the scientific community’s cherished skepticism back on itself, daring to ask and answer some rather embarrassing questions: Has anyone provided a proof of God’s inexistence? Has quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? Have the sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? Not even close. More importantly, are physicists and biologists willing to believe in anything so long as it is not religious thought? Close enough.

Berlinski does not dismiss the achievements of western science. The great physical theories, he observes, are among the treasures of the human race. But they do nothing to answer the questions that religion asks, and they fail to offer a coherent description of the cosmos or the methods by which it might be investigated. This brilliant, incisive, and funny book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be–indeed must be–the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world and ourselves.</DIV>]]> 4 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 03 04:01:14 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 04:01:31 -0800 2009 75797796 1891667 6595148 0465019374 9780465019373 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6595148-the-devil-s-delusion 4.00 4 The Devil’s Delusion, “marks the consolidation in our time of science as the single system of belief in which rational men and women might place their faith, and if not their faith, then certainly their devotion.”

A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. An acclaimed author who has spent his career writing about mathematics and the sciences, he turns the scientific community’s cherished skepticism back on itself, daring to ask and answer some rather embarrassing questions: Has anyone provided a proof of God’s inexistence? Has quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? Have the sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? Not even close. More importantly, are physicists and biologists willing to believe in anything so long as it is not religious thought? Close enough.

Berlinski does not dismiss the achievements of western science. The great physical theories, he observes, are among the treasures of the human race. But they do nothing to answer the questions that religion asks, and they fail to offer a coherent description of the cosmos or the methods by which it might be investigated. This brilliant, incisive, and funny book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be–indeed must be–the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world and ourselves.</DIV>]]> 0 0 false Mon Oct 26 12:48:05 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 12:48:24 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6595148