A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of NatureInterVarsity Press, 20 сент. 2009 г. - Всего страниц: 257 Meaningful or meaningless? Purposeful or pointless? When we look at nature, whether at our living earth or into deepest space, what do we find? In stark contrast to contemporary claims that the world is meaningless, Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt reveal a cosmos charged with both meaning and purpose. Their journey begins with Shakespeare and ranges through Euclid's geometry, the fine-tuning of the laws of physics, the periodic table of the elements, the artistry of ordinary substances like carbon and water, the intricacy of biological organisms, and the irreducible drama of scientific exploration itself. Along the way, Wiker and Witt fashion a robust argument from evidence in nature, one that rests neither on religious presuppositions nor on a simplistic view of nature as the best of all possible worlds. In their exploration of the cosmos, Wiker and Witt find all the challenges and surprises, all of the mystery and elegance one expects from a work of genius. |
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... particular, the philosopher Epicurus (341-270 B.C.).1 Building on the ideas of Leucippus and Democritus, Epicurus argued that the gods did not make the universe. The universe itself is eternal, and in it, the ceaseless, purposeless ...
... particular, the philosopher Epicurus (341-270 B.C.).1 Building on the ideas of Leucippus and Democritus, Epicurus argued that the gods did not make the universe. The universe itself is eternal, and in it, the ceaseless, purposeless ...
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... particular task—are often hundreds of letters long. And even that sophisticated genetic software isn't enough for life. These genes can only function within the exquisitely ordered living structure, the cell. As New Zealand geneticist ...
... particular task—are often hundreds of letters long. And even that sophisticated genetic software isn't enough for life. These genes can only function within the exquisitely ordered living structure, the cell. As New Zealand geneticist ...
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... particular order, and those sentences are functional because they have pages on which to rest, pages made of the appropriate material, properly ordered and bound—that is, the exquisite architecture of the cell that makes possible the ...
... particular order, and those sentences are functional because they have pages on which to rest, pages made of the appropriate material, properly ordered and bound—that is, the exquisite architecture of the cell that makes possible the ...
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... particular English meanings leading up to the string of nonsense letters. In other words, the recognition of disorder depends on order, so that without meaning, the notion of gibberish (ironically) wouldn't mean anything. This is ...
... particular English meanings leading up to the string of nonsense letters. In other words, the recognition of disorder depends on order, so that without meaning, the notion of gibberish (ironically) wouldn't mean anything. This is ...
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... particular aspects of the design. Moreover, the careful study of works of genius encourages investigative optimism—the conviction, born of experience, that many inscrutable things in a work of genius are only apparently so and, that ...
... particular aspects of the design. Moreover, the careful study of works of genius encourages investigative optimism—the conviction, born of experience, that many inscrutable things in a work of genius are only apparently so and, that ...
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3 Shakespeare and the Element of Genius | 58 |
4 The Geometry of Genius | 83 |
5 The Periodic Table | 111 |
6 A Cosmic Home Designed for Discovery | 148 |
7 The Genius of the Elements | 170 |
8 The Reemergence of the Living Cell | 194 |
9 The Restoration of the Living Organism | 220 |
10 The End of the Matter | 241 |
Index | 253 |
More Titles from InterVarsity Press | 258 |
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