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 would naturally be inclined to minimize the distance between the capacities of humans and other primates and, even more, why they would want to suggest that pointless physical processes like natural selection can surge forward ...
... theory would naturally be inclined to minimize the distance between the capacities of humans and other primates and, even more, why they would want to suggest that pointless physical processes like natural selection can surge forward ...
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... Theory with Avida Simulations,” International Society for Complexity, Information and Design (July 1, 2004) <http://www.iscid.org/boards/ubb-get_topic-f-10-t000085.html>. As Truman explains, the simulation's central error is that the ...
... Theory with Avida Simulations,” International Society for Complexity, Information and Design (July 1, 2004) <http://www.iscid.org/boards/ubb-get_topic-f-10-t000085.html>. As Truman explains, the simulation's central error is that the ...
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... theory's most celebrated defender, has to prop up the Darwinian mechanism with a bogus computer model, it's reasonable to suspect that something's rotten in the state of Darwin. Our suspicion is merely heightened when we choose not to ...
... theory's most celebrated defender, has to prop up the Darwinian mechanism with a bogus computer model, it's reasonable to suspect that something's rotten in the state of Darwin. Our suspicion is merely heightened when we choose not to ...
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... theory while later thinkers treated Darwinian evolution as a given. According to a straightforward extension of the theory of sexual selection, which Darwin developed to complement his theory of natural selection, the peacock has an ...
... theory while later thinkers treated Darwinian evolution as a given. According to a straightforward extension of the theory of sexual selection, which Darwin developed to complement his theory of natural selection, the peacock has an ...
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... theory that can produce abstract, straw men. Thus, the thinking person is wise to ask, to what extent is the universe watchlike? To what extent should it be watchlike? All metaphors break down if pressed far enough, and this one breaks ...
... theory that can produce abstract, straw men. Thus, the thinking person is wise to ask, to what extent is the universe watchlike? To what extent should it be watchlike? All metaphors break down if pressed far enough, and this one breaks ...
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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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