Synopsis:
The Wonder of the World: A Journey from
Modern Science to the Mind of God is an inquiry into those everyday experiences and “facts of life” that
are as mystifying as they are obvious and ordinary. From
commonplace phenomena like language and reproduction to
such enigmas as energy, life, consciousness, mind and the laws
of nature, science brings us face to face with magic and mystery.
The world is nothing less than a wonderland.
Paradoxically, we search anxiously for signals
from across the Universe that show the presence
out there of (“extra-terrestrial”) intelligent agents:
but the Universe itself with its laws and fields and
forces is the ultimate Signal of Intelligence. These
and a hundred other Wonders of nature and
modern science are the raw materials from which
The Wonder of the World crafts a dazzling new
vision of the universe and human life.
The book is a dialogue between an atheist (Dr.
Joseph Levin—screen name “Geek”) and a theist
(Dr. Madhva Mitra—screen name “Guru”). The
dialogue is preceded by two presentations from
Guru. In Seven Wonders, he outlines the big picture:
the plenitude of wonder embedded in our experience and
everywhere present. By way of demonstration, he drills down to
concrete instances of phenomena that evoke wonder...
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Internationally acclaimed by Nobel Prize-winning scientists, spiritual
leaders and eminent thinkers. Read reviews & endorsements...
In The Wonder of the World, "Guru" (Madhva Mitra) and
"Geek" (Joe Levin) debate the fundamental questions of existence.
These are the starting points of their inquiry
- What happened before the Big Bang?
- Does the universe have an IQ?
- How do electrons and photons, cells and proteins, "know" what
to do and what keeps them ticking?
- How do thoughts "cause" brain events?
- Is there a supra-scientific Theory of Everything?
- What did the pioneers and prophets of science think of God?
Guru is an exponent of the God-equation that underlies science and reason
and Geek is an atheist scientist who holds that science leaves no room for
religion.
Guru seeks to show that we can "see" God here and now. Geek says,
"show me." Guru offers to lead a pilgrimage from the invention of
Nature to the Mind of God. Join them now as they journey through the Wonder
of the World: space, time and motion; the quantum microverse; Big Bang and
other
cosmologies; the saga of life on planet Earth and the appearance of rational
self-consciousness.
Reviews & Endorsements
Antony Flew
the world's best-known atheist and a critic of theism for more than
50 years
"You have in your book deployed abundant evidence indicating that it is
likely to be a very long time before such naturalistic [atheistic] explanations
[for the origin of life and reproduction] are developed, if indeed there ever
could be...I intend to reread The Wonder of the World at leisure.
I was hugely impressed and substantially challenged by it."
Charles H. Townes
Nobel Prize winner and inventor of the laser
"Varghese explores the basic and critical questions we face concerning
this remarkable and wonderful universe. Why are we here? Where are we going?
This is no doctrinaire treatise, but a sensitive, profound and clear discussion
of the important issues of our universe and our existence, including questions,
answers, and uncertainties. It is written with a deep understanding of philosophy,
spirituality, and the complex science involved, yet expressed in a way which
is interesting and very understandable to the non-specialist."
Arno Penzias
Nobel Prize winner; discovered Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation establishing
the Big Bang theory
"Though I found myself arguing with both protagonists, the issues raised
and Guru's lucid outline of modern science's framework of understanding,
helped me to challenge and refine my own answers to the ultimate questions
that
each one of us must ask."
Robert Jastrow
founder of NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies, Director of
the Mount Wilson Observatory and author of God and the Astronomers
"Congratulations on a fascinating book! I found The Wonder of the
World to be a highly illuminating and thought-provoking discussion of
all the important issues on the borderline between science and religion."
About the Author
Roy Abraham Varghese is editor of the best-selling Cosmos, Bios, Theos,
which included contributions from 24 Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Time
Magazine called Cosmos "the year's most intriguing
book about God" and The Science Teacher recommended it as "a
significant and thought-provoking contribution tothe literature on the relationship
of science and religion." Cosmic Beginnings and Human Ends,
a subsequent work, won a 1996 Templeton Book Prize for Outstanding Books in
Science
and Natural Theology. Varghese was a panelist at the science and religion
forum
in the Parliament of World Religions held in Chicago in 1993 and an invitee
and participant in the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual
Leaders held at the United Nations in August 2000.
- BISAC Code: SCI015000
- Height & Width: 9.50" x 6.30"
- ISBN: 0972347313
- Number of Pages: 464
- Edition: 1
- Format: Hard Cover
- Subtitle: A Journey from Modern Science to the Mind of God
- Publisher: Tyr Publishing
- Weight: 1.00
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