Table of Contents

Science and religion in a changing world; genesis; did God create the universe?; what is life? - Holism vs reductionism; mind and soul; the self; the quantum factor; time; free will and determinism; the fundamental structure of matter; accident or design?; black holes and cosmic chaos; miracles; the end of the universe; is the universe a "free lunch"?; the physicist's conception of nature.

About the Author

Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, now based in South Australia. He is the author of some twenty award-winning books, including About Time and The Fifth Miracle- The Search for the Origin of Life.