Book description
Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Hawking have had a
major impact on the loud and popular debate between 'aggressive
atheists' and religion. The huge sales of their bestselling books show
just how much interest people have in their ideas.
Now 'the rock star of the new spirituality', Deepak Chopra, is
entering this debate, sparring with leading physicist, Professor
Leonard Mlodinow (the co-author, with Stephen Hawking, of The Grand Design).
In War of the Worldviews, Chopra argues that there is
design in our universe and a deep intelligence behind life. Without
defending organised religion, he debunks randomness as an explanation
for how Nature evolves and shows how consciousness comes first and
matter second.
On the other side, Mlodinow argues the viewpoint of science,
specifically what modern quantum physics can tell us about our world.
In his view, physics, genetics and cosmology will shed far more light
on the big questions than rethinking ancient spiritual concepts can
ever do.
A major work of our time, War of the Worldviews offers much
food for thought for those fascinated by the two sides of this modern conundrum.
Deepak Chopra is the author of more than 50 books, both
non-fiction and fiction. They have been translated into more than 35
languages and include the huge international bestseller Ageless
Body, Timeless Mind. His website address is: www. deepakchopra. com
Professor Leonard Mlodinow received his doctorate in theoretical
physics from the University of California at Berkeley. He teaches at Caltech.
