{"product_id":"the-fire-in-the-equations-kitty-ferguson-9781932031676","title":"The Fire in the Equations: Science, Religion, and the Search for God","description":"\u003cp\u003e \" In this beautifully and intelligently written book, Ferguson not only reports on some of the intellectual tremors jolting the world of thinking women and men, but also considers the basic questions with penetrating analysis, yet at a very readable level. . . . An excellent book.\"\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Heralded for its readability and scholarship, \u003ci\u003eThe Fire in the Equations\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating discussion of scientific discoveries and their impact on our beliefs. The book's title is derived from Dr. Stephen Hawking's pondering, \"What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Originally published in the U.S. in 1995, it provides an excursion through new theories of quantum physics and cosmology, ranging from the nature of time, the big bang, the \"unreasonable effectiveness\" of mathematics, laws of nature, and their possible relation to God, chaos theory, black holes, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, particle physics, Darwin's theory of evolution, and the role of God in all these equations. It even raises such questions as \"how God might answer prayers\" from the point of view of physics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While she gives no absolute answers, Kitty Ferguson takes the reader through a world of paradoxes and improbabilities, explaining how believing in a pre-determined universe and free will as a theory of human behavior is possible. She concludes that what we know about science doesn't necessarily make God inevitable, but does not rule God out either. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kitty Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1932031677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781932031676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Templeton Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.94w x 0.97d","brand":"Kitty Ferguson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937515700479,"sku":"9781932031676","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_84e01fcb-ffe3-433d-9d69-1aa17241d09f.jpg?v=1681430527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fire-in-the-equations-kitty-ferguson-9781932031676","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}