The physics of immortality : modern cosmology, God, and the resurrection of the dead / Frank J. Tipler.

Author/creator Tipler, Frank J.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Doubleday, ©1994.
Descriptionxxi, 527 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Cosmology.
Physics--Religious aspects.
Omega Point.
Eschatology.
God--Proof, Cosmological.

Contents I. Introduction -- II. The Ultimate Limits of Space Travel -- III. Progress Against the Eternal Return and the Heat Death -- IV. Physics Near the Final State: The Classical Omega Point Theory -- V. Determinism in Classical General Relativity and in Quantum Mechanics -- VI. The Quantum Version of the Omega Point Theory -- VII. How Free Will Can Arise from Quantum Cosmological Mechanisms -- VIII. The Omega Point and the Physical Universe Necessarily Exist -- IX. The Physics of Resurrection of the Dead to Eternal Life -- X. What Happens After the Resurrection: Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory -- XI. Comparison of the Heaven Predicted by Modern Physics With the Afterlife Hoped for by the Great World Religions -- XII. The Omega Point Theory and Christianity -- XIII. Conclusion: Theology as a Branch of Physics.
Abstract Frank J. Tipler is a major theoretician in the field of global general relativity, the rarefied branch of physics created by Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose. Like most modern scientists, Tipler was an atheist who gave little thought to questions of theology. Yet, in devising a mathematical model of the end of the universe, Tipler came to a stunning conclusion: Using the most advanced and sophisticated methods of modern physics, relying solely on the rigorous procedures of logic that science demands, he had created a proof of the existence of God.
Summary Tipler's model of the universal end-time is called the Omega Point Theory. For the last seventeen years, Tipler has explored the implications of the Omega Point Theory, one of which is even more astonishing than the evidence of God's existence: It is not only possible, but likely, that every human being who ever lived will be resurrected from the dead. As Tipler writes in his preface, he arrived at his proofs of God and immortality "in exactly the same way physicists calculate the properties of the electron." In The Physics of Immortality Tipler guides the general reader through the details of his exhilarating discoveries. Displaying an awesome command of disciplines as diverse as computer science, economics, particle physics, cosmology, and evolutionary biology, Tipler constructs a stunningly plausible argument for God and the universal resurrection.
Summary Lucid in style, audacious in aim, breathtaking in scope, powerfully argued, and, finally, deeply moving, this is a book that will change the way you think. No reader, whether skeptic or believer, will look at the universe in the same way after encountering this remarkable work.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Tipler, Frank J. Physics of immortality. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c1994
Issued in other formOnline version: Tipler, Frank J. Physics of immortality. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c1994
LCCN 93045046
ISBN0385467982 :
ISBN9780385467988
ISBN0333618645
ISBN9780333618646

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Joyner General Stacks QB981 .T57 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold