Recycling trucks head off to make their contributions to the local landfill and arsonists are clearing the human debris by way of match-happy fingers and amidst all this chaos and nervousness yet another book has been published. Within the pages of this new book is the claim that God itself is the greatest discovery of modern science. The book? The Wonder of the World: A Journey From Modern Science to the Mind of God from the mind of Roy Abraham Varghese.
Nobel prize-winning scientists and atheists have at both come out in support of the book whose central claim is that God is the greatest discovery of modern science.
"Though I found myself arguing with both protagonists, the issues raised and Guru's lucid outline of modern science's framework of understanding helped me to challenge and refine my own answers to the ultimate questions that each one of us must ask." Arno Penzias winner of the Nobel Prize for his discoveries confirming the Big Bang theory.
"It is written with a deep understanding of philosophy, spirituality, and the complex science involved, yet expressed in a way which is interesting and very understandable to the non-specialist." said Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Charles Townes, a specialist in physics.
Presented as a dialogue between a Hindu theist (Guru) and a Jewish atheist (Geek) on the origin of things, the book itself has been passed around like a bong or peace pipe on the campus floor and has been duly cracked and sniffed at with the publication not even expected to hit the bookshelves until Februrary 2004.
Written on Friday, 26 September 2003