David A. J. Seargent

Although, like plenty of other books, it very knowledgeably describes the current state of cosmology and fundamental physics, this one has to get a thumbs-down because the author at one point succumbs to the temptation of a theistic "explanation" for the complexity of living matter and the so-called fine-tuning conundrum. Like dividing a number by zero, resorting to the supernatural is utterly nonsensical, harmful, and tantamount to abandoning reason and just giving up. To begin to understand why, Seargent should perhaps read some books by people like Richard Dawkins and Victor J Stenger.… (mer)