Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-551) and index.
Contents:
The challenge of the cosmos -- Science then and now -- The new atheists' speculative "science" -- Impassable chasms, impossible cliffs -- In the beginning: the question of origins -- The eternal dilemma -- Why can't "science" tell us why? -- What about the big bang? -- From big bang to life? -- Descent into collective madness? -- Selfish genes, selfish people -- The riddle of "life" -- Consciousness, conscience and morals -- Morals and meaning without God -- Against all odds -- The emperor has no clothes -- Misunderstandings and false charges -- The overlooked, irrefutable proof -- The role of Israel and of Christ as further proof -- What if--? What then?
Summary:
Why are we here? And where are we going? Does science have an answer to these two most fundamental questions of human existence? Can mankind determine and direct the future of life on earth purely by scientific means? Considered to be the two brightest men alive today, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and mathematical physicist and philosopher Roger Penrose share two honors together -- The Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Wolf Foundation Prize for Physics. Their writings also indicate more than a casual consideration of the question of origins as it pertains to the cosmos, a creator, and human destiny. - Jacket.
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