Knowing the unknowable : science and religions on God and the Universe /
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, w...
| Други автори: | Bowker, John, 1935- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
I.B. Tauris,
2009.
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| Серия: |
Library of modern religion ;
2. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=281309 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Knowing the unknowable. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"This book came into being as a result of a symposium "Spiritual Information: Knowing the Unknowable about God and the Universe" held at Trinity College, Cambridge, in the spring of 2005"--Preface. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xx, 268 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441615992 1441615997 6000002416 9786000002411 9780857714114 0857714112 |