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How did the universe begin and how will it end? What is matter? What is mind, and can it survive death? What are time and space, and how do they relate to ideas about God? Is the order of the universe the result of accident or design? The most profound and age-old questions of existence -- for centuries the focus of religion and philosophy -- may soon be answered through the extraordinary advances of a field of science known as the new physics. In this illuminating work, Paul Davies, author of the acclaimed Other Worlds and The Edge of Infinity, writes that the discoveries of 20th-century physics -- relativity and the quantum theory -- are now pointing the way to a new appreciation of man and his place in the universe. They could, in fact, bring within our grasp a unified description of all creation. Demanding a radical reformulation of the most fundamental aspects of reality and a way of thinking that is in closer accord with mysticism than materialism, the new physics, says Davies, offers a surer path to God than religion. Described by The Washington Post as "impressive," God and the New Physics is a fascinating look at the impact of science on what were formerly religious issues. Elegantly written, a book for both scholars and lay readers of science, it is, according to the Christian Science Monitor, a "provocative...rewarding intellectual romp."
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Michael Wolters
reviewed God and the new physics on January 28, 2017
God and the new physics
After finishing reading this book, I had to read it again immediately, not because I love it, which I arguably kind of do, but because I remembered nothing; therefore, I would not be able to give the book a fair review.
Despite being written in 1984, "God and the New Physics" by Paul Davies is not out of date as the questions which it posed have not been answered yet. This book tries to relate the concept on God in theology to the new physics consisted of the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics.
The author argues that science is a better tool that can be used to approach the understanding of God than religions are - by God here, we mean the architect of the Universe, not the commonly known God in Christianity.
In the instant after the Big Bang, the Universe was a mess of fundamental particles, but they followed, what we call, the laws of nature. As time went by, the particles evolved into different shapes forming matters and energy in planets, stars, galaxies and other celestial bodies. When humans look up the sky, we question whether what we can see are also designed by intelligent beings like we design watches. So, is there a Creator?
The answer of that question cannot be found in the book, but the author offered a great deal of ideas for readers to think critically. One thing that I reluctantly agree with him is that, atheism requires faith just like religious dogmas do since there is no evidence in the absence of God; however that does not make the probability of God's existence any higher either.
From the book, readers will learn more why is there a Universe, what is life, what are mind and soul, what is self, does free will exist, and a whole lots of "quite advanced" quantum mechanics.
Admittedly, some parts of the book that are beyond my understanding completely baffle me, but I am grateful to pick up some new ideas from for my bucket of scientific knowledge. I recommend this book to those who would like to know how science could play a role in discovering God, if such a thing exists
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