A Comprehensible Universe
The Interplay of Science and Theology
(Sprache: Englisch)
Why is our world comprehensible? This question seems so trivial that few people have dared to ask it. This thoughtful book explores the deep roots of the mystery of rationality. The authors are eminent cosmologists and theologists.
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Why is our world comprehensible? This question seems so trivial that few people have dared to ask it. This thoughtful book explores the deep roots of the mystery of rationality. The authors are eminent cosmologists and theologists.
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Why is our world comprehensible? This question seems so trivial that few people have dared to ask it. In this book we explore the deep roots of the mystery of rationality. The inquiry into the rationality of the world began over two-and-a-half-thousand years ago, when a few courageous people tried to understand the world with the help of reason alone, rejecting the comforting fabric of myth and legend.
After many philosophical and theological adventures the Greek concept of rationality laid the foundations of a revolutionary way of thinking: the scientific method, which transformed the world.
But looking at the newest fruits of the world's rationality - relativity theory, quantum mechanics, the unification of physics, quantum gravity - the question arises: what are the limits of the scientific method? The principal tenet of rationality is that you should never stop asking questions until everything has been answered ...
"A Comprehensible Universeis a thoughtful book by two authors who have professional expertise in physics and astronomy and also in theology. They are exceptionally well informed about the history of the relation between science and theology, and they maintain throughout their discussion a respect for empirical evidence and a dedication to rationality. Even though I do not agree with all of their conclusions on matters of great complexity I am impressed by the fairness of their argumentation."
Abner Shimony, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Physics, Boston University
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „A Comprehensible Universe “
The Drama of Rationality.- Discovery that the World is Rational.- Should the Astronomer Look into the Sky?.- Seven Fighters against Thebes.- How to Count the Grains of Sand.- Is the World Rational?.- The Input of Christianity.- Christianity on the Scene.- Theology and Science in the Epoch of the Church Fathers.- The Medieval Contribution.- Discovery of the Method.- Achilles and the Arrow.- The Dynamics of Aristotle.- Three Generations: From Tartaglia to Galileo.- Birth of the Method.- Is the World Mathematical?.- Mathematics at Work.- Afterthoughts.- Afterthoughts.
Autoren-Porträt von George V. Coyne, Michael Heller
George V. Coyne, S.J. Director Emeritus of the Vatican Observatory was born January 19, 1933, in Baltimore. A member of the Society of Jesus since the age of 18, he completed the licentiate in sacred theology at Woodstock College, Woodstock, Maryland, and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1965. He joined the Vatican Observatory as an astronomer in 1969 and became an assistant professor at the LPL in 1970. In 1976 he became a senior research fellow at the LPL and a lecturer in the UA Department of Astronomy. The following year he served as Director of the UA's Catalina Observatory and as Associate Director of the LPL.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: George V. Coyne , Michael Heller
- 2008, 2008, 160 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer
- ISBN-10: 3540776249
- ISBN-13: 9783540776246
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.06.2008
Sprache:
Englisch
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From the reviews:"George Coyne and Michael Heller explore the deep roots of the mystery of rationality. The new book emphasizes the need for rational argument in all attempts to understand our world. ... It had its origin in a series of university lectures delivered by Michael Heller to students of mathematics, physics, and other natural sciences who ... possessed the natural curiosity typical of their future professions. ... It aims to open up broader, deeper vistas - to the very roots of rationality." (Joan Robinson, EurekAlert!, June, 2008)
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