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" A meaningful world : "
Benjamin Wiker & Jonathan Witt
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BL
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699815
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b522004
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| Main Entry
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Wiker, Benjamin,1960-
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A meaningful world : : how the arts and sciences reveal the genius of nature /\ Benjamin Wiker Jonathan Witt
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| Publication Statement
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Downers Grove, Ill. :: IVP Academic,, ©2006
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257 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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0830827994
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: 9780830827992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Abstract
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In stark contrast to contemporary claims that the world is meaningless, Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt reveal a cosmos charged with both meaning and purpose. Their journey begins with Shakespeare and ranges through Euclid's geometry, the fine-tuning of the laws of physics, the periodic table of the elements, the artistry of ordinary substances like carbon and water, the intricacy of biological organisms, and the irreducible drama of scientific exploration itself. Along the way, Wiker and Witt fashion a robust argument from evidence in nature, one that rests neither on religious presuppositions nor on a simplistic view of nature as the best of all possible worlds. In their exploration of the cosmos, Wiker and Witt find all the challenges and surprises, all of the mystery and elegance one expects from a work of genius
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Creation
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Meaning (Philosophy)-- Religious aspects-- Christianity
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Nature-- Religious aspects-- Christianity
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| Dewey Classification
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231.7
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BT695.5.W565 2006
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Witt, Jonathan,1966-
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