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Anthropic Principle
Anthropic Principle   (1974)
Two general principles in cosmology
1- conditions that are observed in the universe must allow the observer to exist (weak version)
2- the universe must have properties that make inevitable the existence of intelligence (strong)

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1 The Nature of Space and Time
Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose

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Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of ph ... [more] [Submit]
2 The Anthropic Cosmological Principle

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3 How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science
Michael Shermer

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One hundred years ago social scientists predicted that belief in God would decrease by the year 2000. "In fact ... the opposite is has occurred," Shermer writes in his introduction. "Never in history have so many, and such a high percentage of the popula ... [more] [Submit]
4 Does God Exist?: The Debate Between Theists & Atheists
James Porter Moreland, Kai Nielsen

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In a lively debate, which includes questions from the audience, Christian philosopher and ethicist J.P. Moreland and Kai Neilsen, one of today's best-known atheist philosophers, go head to head on the fundamental issues and questions that have shaped ind ... [more] [Submit]
5 The Whole Shebang: A State-Of-The-Universe(s) Report
Timothy Ferris

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Plenty of books try to explain the origin of the universe, but despite the ascendance of the Big Bang theory, numerous details of that theory remain in flux as new observations are made and new hypotheses formed (and then confirmed or rejected). Timothy ... [more] [Submit]
6 God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe
Amir D. Aczel

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Who would have thought a mathematical constant would make such an engaging character? God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe, mathematician Amir Aczel's tale of the search for a scientific explanation of the universe, fea ... [more] [Submit]
7 The Nature of Space and Time
Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose

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Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of ph ... [more] [Submit]
8 A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How an ... [more] [Submit]
9 Genesis Revisited: Is Modern Science Catching Up With Ancient Knowledge
Zecharia Sitchin

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10 The Creator and the Cosmos: How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God

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11 God: The Evidence: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason in a Post-Secular World

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12 Does God Play Dice?: The Mathematics of Chaos
Ian Stewart

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Mathematicians and scientists have now discovered that systems obeying precise laws can behave in a random fashion. And perhaps God can play dice, and create a universe of complete law and order, in the same breath. This new science, the mathematics of c ... [more] [Submit]
13 Cosmic coincidences: dark matter, mankind and anthropic cosmology

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14 Cosmos and Anthropos: A Philosophical Interpretation of the Anthropic Cosmological Principle

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15 The Anthropic Principle: Proceedings of the Second Venice Conference on Cosmology and Philosophy

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16 Universes

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17 The Anthropic Principle

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18 God and the New Cosmology: The Anthropic Design Argument

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19 Cosmos and Theos: Ethical and Theological Implications of the Anthropic Cosmological Principle

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