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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... Theory in Crisis (Chevy Chase, Md.: Adler & Adler, 1986), p. 250. 8See Stephen Meyer, “DNA and the Origin of Life: Information, Specification and Explanation,” in Darwinism, Design and Public Education, ed. John Angus Campbell and ...
... Theory in Crisis (Chevy Chase, Md.: Adler & Adler, 1986), p. 250. 8See Stephen Meyer, “DNA and the Origin of Life: Information, Specification and Explanation,” in Darwinism, Design and Public Education, ed. John Angus Campbell and ...
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... theory of evolution must give some account. Darwin himself was well aware that he had not produced such an account. It now seems to me that the findings of more than fifty years of DNA research have provided materials for a new To ...
... theory of evolution must give some account. Darwin himself was well aware that he had not produced such an account. It now seems to me that the findings of more than fifty years of DNA research have provided materials for a new To ...
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... theory. Our journey with Shakespeare concludes with a description of the elements of genius in Shakespeare's art, well positioning us to consider whether nature itself possesses not merely the hallmark of design but of genius. That ...
... theory. Our journey with Shakespeare concludes with a description of the elements of genius in Shakespeare's art, well positioning us to consider whether nature itself possesses not merely the hallmark of design but of genius. That ...
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... theory were also sniffing around the Bard, hoping to tame him for their purposes. They happened upon an arresting image that took a variety of forms but went something like this: if a million monkeys banged away on typewriters for a ...
... theory were also sniffing around the Bard, hoping to tame him for their purposes. They happened upon an arresting image that took a variety of forms but went something like this: if a million monkeys banged away on typewriters for a ...
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... Theory Proven Wrong,” CBS News, May 9, 2003, and David Adam, “Give Six Monkeys a Computer, and What Do You Get? Certainly not the Bard,” The Guardian, May 9, 2003. These are available online at the Access Research Network <http://www ...
... Theory Proven Wrong,” CBS News, May 9, 2003, and David Adam, “Give Six Monkeys a Computer, and What Do You Get? Certainly not the Bard,” The Guardian, May 9, 2003. These are available online at the Access Research Network <http://www ...
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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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