God in the Equation How Einstein Transformed Religion

Name: God in the Equation How Einstein Transformed Religion
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ISBN: 9780684863498

ISBN-10: 0684863499

ISBN-13: 9780684863498

Edition: 2003

Authors: Corey Powell, Corey Powell

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He wanted to know where our world comes from and where it was going. He wanted to understand how the remote stillness of the heavens relates to the erratic, ever-changing events here on earth. Above all, he wanted to know if the answers to these questions would bring him closer to a higher authority. So Einstein putGod in the Equation "Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science," Albert Einstein once said, "becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe -- a spirit vastly superior to that of man." This mysterious component, which Einstein called a "cosmological constant," would eventually work its way into his world-shattering theory of relativity.…

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List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 8/12/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Corey S. Powellis an editor atDiscovermagazine and also a regular contributor. He has written for a variety of other publications, includingScientific AmericanandNewsday. An adjunct professor of science writing at New York University, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.




The God of Sci/Religion



How God Got a Job in Physics



The Church of Einstein is Founded



The New Cardinals Bicker in Europe and America



Einstein's Prophecy Fulfilled



The Era When the Universe Came Forth from the Hands of the Creator



Hisses from the Microwaves



The Angel of Dark Energy



Salvation in the Church of Einstein


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index