God in the Equation: How Einstein Transformed Religion
How Einstein Transformed Religion
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2003
Summary
Corey Powell’s riveting story explores how scientists try to explain more than the material universe. The initial idea was Einstein’s ‘fudge factor’. He called it his ‘biggest blunder’ and is known by scientists as the Greek letter Lambda. It was the first rigorous expression of this quest for something beyond the tangible. Cosmology, the attempt to explain our universe, its size, shape, beginning and end, has belonged to science for a century or so. And now it has reached a plateau, possibly its end point. There is some mopping up to be done understanding the nature of dark matter and dark energy. But dark matter and dark energy are now enshrined in scientific theory. Science has at last formulated a full-blown spiritual theory, a Church of Lambda. Powell contends that there is a God, the sum of the energies scattered through the universe. This god isn’t so far from what Einstein called the ‘Old One,’ the strict Spinozan determinist who could not intervene in worldly affairs - but is inspiring and powerful. Corey Powell introduces readers to the god in the equations of modern cosmology, giving a fascinating insight into how the spiritual has guided cosmologists since Einstein.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780684863498 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0684863499 |
| Author: | Corey Powell |
| Publisher: | Free Press |
| Imprint: | The Free Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2003 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 162mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
Scientific AmericanA delight to read….Provides an unusually graceful account of the history of cosmology.
Kirkus Reviews Provocative, securely grounded in contemporary theories of physics, and worth pondering. John Horgan author of The End of Science and The Undiscovered Mind A splendid, startling argument that the greatest religious issue of our time is actually a ‘scientific’ problem – the quest to discover the mysterious energy that sparked cosmic creation and that may control our ultimate destiny. Carl Zimmer author of Evolution and Parasite Rex Powell is one of our finest science reporters….This is a book of eloquence and passion. Scientific American A delight to read….Provides an unusually graceful account of the history of cosmology.
Corey Powell
Corey S. Powell is an editor at “Discover” magazine and alsoCorey S. Powell is an editor at “Discover” magazine and also a regular contributor. He has written for a variety of othe a regular contributor. He has written for a variety of other publications, including “Scientific American” and “Newsdayr publications, including “Scientific American” and “Newsday”. An adjunct professor of science writing at New York Unive”. An adjunct professor of science writing at New York University, he lives in Brooklyn, New York. rsity, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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