Between Eternities - Ideas on Life and the Cosmos

Author: Ashvin DesaiPublisher: PenguinYear: 2008Language: EnglishPages: 233ISBN/UPC (if available): 9780143104025 DescriptionIs it more rational to believe in a universe that was created in a fortuitous accident; or to believe in one that was designed by a Creator who is self-sufficient, yet decides to make a universe? Alternatively, is the universe only an illusion, an aberration of ‘nothingness’? Science, philosophy, religion and mysticism all offer different propositions.Ashvin Desai interweaves the different streams of reasoning to produce a meticulously researched, closely argued and thought-provoking work. The book, tracing the history of the universe, delves into such cosmic questions of existence as: How did the universe arise? What does science have to say about this cosmic phenomenon and how definite are its findings?Is there a place for philosophy in all of this, and if so, how does it argue its propositions in the context of worldly evidence? What does religion have to say?