Name: The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience von Clifford A. Pickover
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The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience Clifford A. Pickover

Clifford A. Pickover bridges the gulf between logic, spirit, science, and religion in this text. In exploring the concept of omniscience, he leaves us with the paradox of proof that God cannot be omniscient and yet must be. Ideas, thought exercises and experiments, and practical analogies are used to explore what types of relationships we ordinary humans might have with an omniscient God. Pickover asserts that a supernatural God is not beyond the domain of science, and this notion alters how we might think about God and the universe. Through an inventive blend of science, history, philosophy, science fiction and mind-stretching brainteasers, Pickover unfolds the paradoxes of God, and he provides glimpses into the infinite, allowing the reader to think big and to have daring, limitless dreams.

The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience Bewertungen

'Add two doses of Isaac Asimov, and one dose each of Martin Gardner and Carl Sagan, and you get Clifford Pickover, one of the most entertaining and thought provoking writers of our time.' - Michael Shermer, author of The Borderlands of Science & Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic magazine 'Pickover inspires a new generation of da Vincis to build unknown flying machines and create new Mona Lisas.'- Christian Science Monitor 'Pickover has published nearly a book a year in which he stretches the limits of computers, art, and thought.' - Los Angeles Times 'Bucky Fuller thought big, Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Pickover outdoes them both.' - WIRED 'Strange and beautiful, stunningly realistic. Pickover just seems to exist in more dimensions than the rest of us.' - Scientific American 'Pickover is many things - scientist, scholar, author, editor, and visionary...' - GAMES 'Clifford A. Pickover is the heir apparent to Carl Sagan: no one else does better popular science writing than Pickover.' - Robert J. Sawyer, Nebula Award-winning science-fiction writer and author of Calculating God 'Overall, the discussion is lucid and fair...recommended at least as a supplemental text in courses...' - Amos Yong, Religious Review

Über Clifford A. Pickover

CLIFFORD A. PICKOVER has authored over twenty highly acclaimed books on such topics as computers and creativity, art, mathematics, astronomy, human behaviour and intelligence, time travel, alien life, and science fiction. An IBM Research Staff Member, Pickover is a prolific inventor with dozens of patents and twenty-seven invention achievement awards. He is also currently an associate editor for the scientific journals Computers and Graphics and Theta Mathematics Journal; an editorial board member for Odyssey, Leonardo, and YLEM; and was a columnist for Discover Magazine.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Paradox of Omniscience God and Evil Cain's Dilemma The Parable of Algae Newcomb's Paradox and Divine Foreknowledge The Devil's Offer The Revelation Gambit The Paradox of Eden The Brain and God: Who's in Charge? The Bodhisattva Paradox The Paradox of Pascal's Wager Two Universes Godel's Proof of God The Paradox of Uzzah The Paradox of Dr. Eck The Paradox of Led Zeppelin A Few Quick Puzzles and Surveys Some Final Thoughts Appendices Notes Index

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GOR009001927

ISBN 13

9780312294113

ISBN 10

0312294115

Titel

The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience Clifford A. Pickover

Autor

Clifford A. Pickover

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Verlag

St Martin's Press

Datum

20020112

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272

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