| Irreligion Contributor(s): Paulos, John Allen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809059185 ISBN-13: 9780809059188 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Atheism - Mathematics | History & Philosophy - Science |
| Dewey: 212.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.04" W x 7.4" (0.30 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? The mathematician and bestselling author John Allen Paulos thinks not. In Irreligion he presents the case for his own worldview, organizing his book into twelve chapters that refute the twelve arguments most often put forward for believing in God's existence. Interspersed among these counterarguments are remarks on a variety of irreligious themes, ranging from the nature of miracles and creationist probability to cognitive illusions and prudential wagers. Despite the strong influence of his day job, Paulos says, there isn't a single mathematical formula in the book. |
Contributor Bio(s): Paulos, John Allen: - John Allen Paulos is a professor of mathematics at Temple University. His books include the bestseller Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences (H&W, 1988), Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up, A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market, and A Mathematician Reads the Newspapers. |