Tag: Martin Rees
Against the Tide: When Scientists Stray from Science
Lennox: “Stephen Hawking was a brilliant mathematician and a genius. But he had no idea about philosophy.”
Book Excerpt: The Big Bang and the Fine-Tuned Universe
What can we infer about the cause of the universe, about what brought it into being?
Cosmology Is Naturalism’s Playground. But Does the Fun Mask a Science Decline?
Cosmology has become an art form. Stylish essays are decked out with a very brief skirt of science.
A Privileged Planet — with Space Aliens
Cosmologist John Gribbin cleverly inoculates himself against any suspicion — which would naturally come up given his thesis — of harboring thoughts of intelligent design.
Darwin Apologists: “We’ve Got It All Figured Out.” Astronomer Martin Rees: “Not So Fast.”
“Consider an analogy — suppose you’d never seen chess being played, you could, by watching a few games, infer the rules…”