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Not by Design: The Origin of the Universe
by Victor J Stenger
Binding: Hardcover, 203 pages
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Weight: 1.05 pound
Dimension: H: 0.9 x L: 9 x W: 6.2 inches
ISBN 10: 0879754516
ISBN 13: 9780879754518
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This book begins with a discussion of the meaning of order and examples of orderly patterns generated by chance. (Play enough poker hands, Stenger writes, and one day you will be dealt four aces.) Subsequent chapters introduce readers to the unique perspective of the universe provided by physics, with historical and philosophical material intertwined with a systematic but non technical presentation of basic physics. This leads to a description of the basic structure of the universe and the way in which symmetries of space, time, and inner dimensions account for the 'laws' obeyed by particles. The origin of the universe is then described as a chance event, with space, time, matter, and the laws of nature the result of a spontaneous process of symmetry breaking. Focusing on the question of planned versus unplanned origin, Stenger shows that the issue is not philosophical but scientific and that order can and does happen every day by chance.

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