The God theory :
Haisch, Bernard, 1949-
The God theory : universes, zero-point fields and what's behind it all / Bernard Haisch. - San Francisco, CA : Weiser Books, 2006. - xii, 157 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-157).
Personal journey -- From archabbey to astrophysics -- Launching a career -- Age of discovery -- Return of the astronomer-priest -- Asking fundamental questions -- The God theory and creation -- The God theory, karma, and the golden rule -- The God theory and reductionism -- Explaining creation -- Creation by subtraction -- Polarity -- The God theory and consciousness -- Reductionism and a spiritual worldview -- Superstrings and the supernatural -- A spiritual worldview -- No need for intelligent design -- Explaining consciousness -- Three views of consciousness -- Consciousness and physiology -- The brain as filter -- The primacy of consciousness -- Opposite perspectives -- "There can be no evidence for something that is false" -- The random, unconscious, "just-right" universe -- Inflation theory -- The zero-point field -- The Casimir force -- Zeroing in on the zero-point field -- Into the void -- Deriving Newton's postulate -- Inertia -- Inertial reaction -- Defending the theory -- A boost from NASA -- Following the light -- The light of creation -- Kabbalah -- The big bang -- God and the theory of everything -- A God beyond matter -- The manifest God -- Asking God -- Ayin -- Creation as a timeless process -- Atomic stability and the universal timekeeper -- An infinite number of universes -- A universe of consciousness -- Many worlds and quantum mechanics -- A purposeful universe -- Exoteric and esoteric knowledge -- The God theory, Christianity, and humanism -- Final thoughts.
9781578633746 (alk. paper) 9781578633746 1578633745 (alk. paper)
2005034431
Religion and science.
God.
Zero-point field.
BL240.3 / .H35 2006
215
The God theory : universes, zero-point fields and what's behind it all / Bernard Haisch. - San Francisco, CA : Weiser Books, 2006. - xii, 157 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-157).
Personal journey -- From archabbey to astrophysics -- Launching a career -- Age of discovery -- Return of the astronomer-priest -- Asking fundamental questions -- The God theory and creation -- The God theory, karma, and the golden rule -- The God theory and reductionism -- Explaining creation -- Creation by subtraction -- Polarity -- The God theory and consciousness -- Reductionism and a spiritual worldview -- Superstrings and the supernatural -- A spiritual worldview -- No need for intelligent design -- Explaining consciousness -- Three views of consciousness -- Consciousness and physiology -- The brain as filter -- The primacy of consciousness -- Opposite perspectives -- "There can be no evidence for something that is false" -- The random, unconscious, "just-right" universe -- Inflation theory -- The zero-point field -- The Casimir force -- Zeroing in on the zero-point field -- Into the void -- Deriving Newton's postulate -- Inertia -- Inertial reaction -- Defending the theory -- A boost from NASA -- Following the light -- The light of creation -- Kabbalah -- The big bang -- God and the theory of everything -- A God beyond matter -- The manifest God -- Asking God -- Ayin -- Creation as a timeless process -- Atomic stability and the universal timekeeper -- An infinite number of universes -- A universe of consciousness -- Many worlds and quantum mechanics -- A purposeful universe -- Exoteric and esoteric knowledge -- The God theory, Christianity, and humanism -- Final thoughts.
9781578633746 (alk. paper) 9781578633746 1578633745 (alk. paper)
2005034431
Religion and science.
God.
Zero-point field.
BL240.3 / .H35 2006
215