Time is reversible, and nothing rules out the existence of other universes besides our own. But whether or not reality has one universe or many, it had no beginning and was not created. This book shows how time symmetry at the quantum level makes it possible to draw a model of reality that is simpler and more symmetric than the conventional view.
Guides lay readers through the key developments of quantum mechanics and the debate over its apparent paradoxes. In the process, the author critically appraises the metaphysical fads.
What Science Shows We Gain from Letting Go of Our Soul Beliefs
Most Americans believe they possess an immaterial soul that will survive the death of the body. In sharp contrast, the current scientific consensus rejects the traditional soul, although this conclusion is rarely discussed publicly. In this book, a cognitive scientist breaks the taboo and explains why modern science leads to this controversial ......
Reviews and expands upon the principles of New Atheism and answers many of its critics. The author demonstrates in detail that naturalism is sufficient to explain everything we observe in the universe, from the most distant galaxies to the inner workings of the brain that result in the phenomenon of mind.
In years a number of authors have noted that if some physical parameters were slightly changed, the universe could no longer support life as we know it. This implies that life depends sensitively on the physics of our universe. This title offers an exploration of the controversial 'fine-tuning' debate.
Suitable for those fascinated by how physics explains the universe and affects philosophy. The author's in-depth presentation, complete with an appendix of mathematical formulas, makes accessible to lay readers findings normally available only to professional scientists.
Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness
The key developments in 20th-century physics, such as the uncertainty principle and the butterfly effect, support the notion that God or a universal mind acts upon material reality. This book provides an incisive analysis of popular theories that seek to link spirituality to physics. It challenges many popular notions of God and spirituality.
Critically examines theories of a transcendent reality in terms of what is known about matter at its most fundamental level. This book examines a number of paranormal claims and shows how they can be explained without resorting to supernatural or psychic hypotheses.
Introduces the perspective of the universe provided by physics, with historical and philosophical material, with a systematic but non-technical presentation of basic physics. This book describes the basic structure of the universe and the way in which symmetries of space, time, and inner dimensions account for the "laws" obeyed by particles.
