Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.
Cargando... God and the Atom (2013)por Victor J. Stenger
Ninguno Cargando...
Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Makes the point that the completely confirmed hypothesis of atomism, from ancient times (Leucippus, Democritus, Epicurus, Lucretius) to the present day, has been closely related to naturalism and recognition of the falsity of religion, while anti-atomism was often a hallmark of the myth-and-mysticism crowd. The bulk of the book consists of a very good survey of the results of fundamental physics, right up to the discovery of the Higgs boson. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Overview: This history of atomism, from Democritus to the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, chronicles one of the most successful scientific hypotheses ever devised, making the case that in the final analysis, atoms and the void are all that exists. Originating separately in both ancient Greece and India, the concept of the atom persisted for centuries, despite often running afoul of conventional thinking. Until the twentieth century, no direct evidence for atoms existed. Today it is possible to actually observe atoms using a scanning tunneling microscope. The book begins with the story of the earliest atomists-the ancient Greek philosophers Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus, and the Latin poet Lucretius. As the author notes, the idea of elementary particles as the foundation of reality had many opponents throughout history-from Aristotle to Christian theologians and even some nineteenth-century chemists and philosophers. While theists today accept that the evidence for the atomic theory of matter is overwhelming, they reject the atheistic implications of that theory. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
Debates activosNinguno
Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)146.5Philosophy and Psychology Philosophical Systems Scientific Philosophy AtomismClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
¿Eres tú?Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing. |