| Description | |
| Explains how the far-reaching discoveries of physics are revolutionizing our world and, in particular, throwing light on many of the questions formerly posed by religion, such as: Why is there a universe? Where did we come from? What is life? How is the world organized? | |
| Key Features | |
| Author(s) | P.C.W. Davies |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Date of Publication | 25/10/1990 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-10 | 014013462X |
| ISBN-13 | 9780140134629 |
| Subject | Popular Science |
| Publication Data | |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Content Note | bibliography, index |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 201 g |
| Width | 129 mm |
| Height | 198 mm |
| Spine | 16 mm |
| Editorial Details | |
| Format Details | B-format paperback |
| Description | |
| Table Of Contents | Science and religion in a changing world; genesis; did God create the universe?; what is life? - Holism vs reductionism; mind and soul; the self; the quantum factor; time; free will and determinism; the fundamental structure of matter; accident or design?; black holes and cosmic chaos; miracles; the end of the universe; is the universe a free lunch ?; the physicist's conception of nature. |
| Author Biography | Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, now based in South Australia. He is the author of some twenty award-winning books, including About Time and The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin of Life. |