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God and the Atom

Victor J. Stenger

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English
Prometheus
09 April 2013
This is the fascinating story of one of science's most enduring and triumphant ideas - from its genesis to the 21st century. In this history of atomism - from Democritus, considered by many to be the father of modern science, to the recent discovery of the Higgs boson - physicist Victor J. Stenger chronicles one of the most successful scientific hypotheses ever devised. Originating separately in both Greece and India, the concept of the atom persisted for centuries, despite often running afoul of conventional thinking. Until the 20th century, no direct evidence for atoms existed. Today it is possible to actually observe atoms using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope. In ""God and the Atom"", Stenger makes the case that the total absence of empirical facts and theoretical arguments to support the existence of any component to reality other than atoms and the void can be taken as proof beyond a reasonable doubt that such a component is nowhere to be found.
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Imprint:   Prometheus
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   531g
ISBN:   9781616147532
ISBN 10:   1616147539
Pages:   300
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product

Victor J. Stenger is adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and emeritus professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Hawaii. He is author of the New York Times best-seller God: The Failed Hypothesis, and numerous other books, including Has Science Found God? and Physics and Psychics.

Reviews for God and the Atom

""""Stenger's argument is convincing. - PUBLISHERS WEEKLYPraise for the New York Times bestseller God: The Failed Hypothesis: I learned an enormous amount from this splendid book. - RICHARD DAWKINS, author of the New York Times best-seller The God Delusion Marshalling converging arguments from physics, astronomy, biology, and philosophy, Stenger has delivered a masterful blow in defense of reason. God: The Failed Hypothesis is a potent, readable, and well-timed assault upon religious delusion. It should be widely read. - SAM HARRIS, author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation


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