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Knowing the Unknowable: Science and the Religions on God and the Universe
John (Ed) Bowker
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Description for Knowing the Unknowable: Science and the Religions on God and the Universe
Hardback. Albert Einstein once remarked that behind all observable things lay something quite unknowable. This book explores that special territory perceived by Einstein: where the unknown takes over from everything that is understandable, familiar, explicable. Editor(s): Bowker, John. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 218 x 28. Weight in Grams: 482.
Albert Einstein once remarked that behind all observable things lay something quite unknowable. And the motivation for his own work in physics stemmed from something as apparently innocuous as his father first showing him a compass when he was a boy. Yet, the wonder and inspiration of that moment, which he never forgot, led ultimately to his own stupendous scientific breakthroughs.This book explores that special territory perceived by Einstein: where the unknown takes over from everything that is understandable, familiar, explicable. And, that interface between known and unknown is of the very greatest importance: it lies at the heart ... Read more
Albert Einstein once remarked that behind all observable things lay something quite unknowable. And the motivation for his own work in physics stemmed from something as apparently innocuous as his father first showing him a compass when he was a boy. Yet, the wonder and inspiration of that moment, which he never forgot, led ultimately to his own stupendous scientific breakthroughs.This book explores that special territory perceived by Einstein: where the unknown takes over from everything that is understandable, familiar, explicable. And, that interface between known and unknown is of the very greatest importance: it lies at the heart ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845117573
SKU
V9781845117573
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About John (Ed) Bowker
John Bowker is a former Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge and has been both Professor of Religious Studies at Lancaster University and Gresham Professor of Divinity in London. One of the most distinguished contemporary writers on religion, his many successful and prizewinning books include The Meanings of Death, God: A Brief History and The Sacred Neuron (I.B. Tauris).
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