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The Fallacy of Fine-tuning
Victor J. Stenger
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Description for The Fallacy of Fine-tuning
Hardcover. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
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. Does this "fine-tuning" of the universe suggest that a creator god intentionally calibrated the initial conditions of the universe such that life on earth and the evolution of humanity would eventually emerge? In his in-depth and highly accessible discussion of this fascinating and controversial topic, the author looks at the evidence and comes to the opposite conclusion. He finds that the observations of ... Read more
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. Does this "fine-tuning" of the universe suggest that a creator god intentionally calibrated the initial conditions of the universe such that life on earth and the evolution of humanity would eventually emerge? In his in-depth and highly accessible discussion of this fascinating and controversial topic, the author looks at the evidence and comes to the opposite conclusion. He finds that the observations of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781616144432
SKU
V9781616144432
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About Victor J. Stenger
Victor J. Stenger is adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and emeritus professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Hawaii. He is the author of the New York Times best-seller God: The Failed Hypothesis, and numerous other books, including Has Science Found God? and Physics and Psychics.
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