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A Meaningful World: How the Arts And Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature
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A Meaningful World: How the Arts And Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature
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by Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt
Sales Rank : 67022
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Paperback: 257 pages
Publisher: InterVarsity Press July 31, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0830827994
ISBN-13: 978-0830827992
Product Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
Product Review
"A Meaningful World cleverly integrates the intricacy found in literary classics with the aesthetic beauty of scientific discovery" -- —Gerald Schroeder, author of Genesis and the Big Bang, The Science of God and The Hidden Face of God
"A Meaningful World is a wise and witty romp through the fallacies of reductionism." -- —Phillip Johnson, author of Reason in the Balance
"A Meaningful World is simply the best book I've seen on the purposeful design of nature." -- —Michael J. Behe, Department of Biology, Lehigh University
"Here is a convincing case for a universe charged not only with meaning, but with the glory of God." -- —James W. Sire, author of The Universe Next Door and Why Good Arguments Often Fail
"A Meaningful World is astounding, breathtaking! This is a book about both the beauty of science and the beauty of creation" -- Scott Hahn, Professor of Theology and Scripture, Franciscan University, President, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
Product Description
About the Book
Meaningful or meaningless?
Purposeful or pointless?
When we look at nature, whether at our living earth or into deepest space, what do we find?
In stark contrast to contemporary claims that the world is meaningless, Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt reveal a cosmos charged with both meaning and purpose. Their journey begins with Shakespeare and ranges through Euclid's geometry, the fine-tuning of the laws of physics, the periodic table of the elements, the artistry of ordinary substances like carbon and water, the intricacy of biological organisms, and the irreducible drama of scientific exploration itself.
Along the way, Wiker and Witt fashion a robust argument from evidence in nature, one that rests neither on religious presuppositions nor on a simplistic view of nature as the best of all possible worlds. In their exploration of the cosmos, Wiker and Witt find all the challenges and surprises, all of the mystery and elegance one expects from a work of genius.
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