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Book Title: On Being: A Scientist's Exploration of the Great Questions of Existence Book Author: Peter Atkins (Author) Hardcover: 152 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press (March 22, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0199603367 ISBN-13: 978-0199603367 Book Description Publication Date: March 22, 2011 In this scientific 'Credo', Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, Atkins presents what science has to say. While acknowledging the comfort some find in belief, he declares his own faith in science's capacity to reveal the deepest truths.  Reviews "A paean to science."--Times Literary Supplement "An effortless read--a real page turner."--BBC Focus "Few can match the chiseled beauty of Peter Atkins's prose as he reflects on the nature of life and death, of beginnings and endings."--Richard Dawkins "A delight to read. Who else can cover the grand sweep of existence with such clarity and wit as Peter Atkins? The text sparkles with lively metaphors and arresting insights."--Paul Davies "Crisp with good sense, clear with scientific knowledge effortlessly imparted, and delicious with the sort of wit that makes you stop and put the book down just to enjoy it the more fully. It presents a vision of life and death, of matter and space and time that is honest and consistent and miracle-free."--Philip Pullman About the Author Peter Atkins is Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford. A leading chemist and writer of widely adopted textbooks, he is the author of Galileo's Finger and Four Laws, among other works. Sharing Widget |