A Meaningful World
How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature
Benjamin Wiker, Jonathan Witt
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Sivuja: 257
Kustantaja: IVP Academic, 2006
ISBN-10: 0830827994
ISBN-13: 9780830827992
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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.
A Meaningful World is simply the best book I've seen on the purposeful design of nature. In sparkling prose Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt teach us how to recognize genius, first in Shakespeare's plays and then in nature. From principles of geometry to details of the periodic table, the authors portray the depth, elegance, clarity and pure cleverness of a universe designed to nurture the intelligent life that one day would discover that design. A Meaningful World recovers lost purpose not only for science, but for all scholarly disciplines."
Drawing on the works of Shakespeare, Euclid, Lavoisier and others, A Meaningful World draws parallels between the genius of these men and the genius evident in nature. I am not exaggerating much to say that this book is in the same class as the works of human genius its authors describe. It displays rare depth and breadth. Scientists should read this book to regain their justification for doing science, and poets should read it to regain a ground for the meaning of their texts.
Benjamin Wiker (PhD) on teologian ja tieteen lehtori (Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio) ja Seattlessa sijaitsevan Discovery Instituten vanhempi tutkijajäsen.
Jonathan Witt on englanninkielen tohtori, joka laati reportaasin Dover-oikeudenkäynnistä Evolutionnews.org-sivustolle.
