Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe

New condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Advance Praise for Return of the God Hypothesis; List of Other Books by Stephen C. Meyer; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Credits and Permissions and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings, graphs, and diagrams. "Breakthrough Evidence on the Ultimate Mystery of the Universe." - from the rear outer cover. "Meyer's book is a masterclass. It does irreparable damage to atheist rhetoric and shows the God hypothesis offers the best explanation of our finely tuned, information-rich universe." - John C. Walton, Ph.D., DSC, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and research professor of chemistry at the University of St. Andrews. "A comprehensive and lucid argument for theism as the best explanation for the scientific evidence. Stephen Meyer has a true gift for conveying complex concepts clearly." - Dr. Robert Kaita, former principal research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. "An irrefutable case for God. The logic throughout is compelling and the book almost impossible to put down.a masterpiece." - Dr. Michael Denton, former senior research fellow in biochemistry at the University of Otago and author. "More than 400 pages of straighforward, engrossing prose, close reasoning, intellectual history, and cosmology, all in the interest of asking the most important questions about existence itself. An astonishing achievement." - Peter Robinson, Murdoch Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institutions at Stanford University and former White House speechwriter. "When you don't understand the details of living systems, ignorance permits discounting a Creator. But when the details of science are thrust upon you, you're forced to ask: How on Earth - literally - did that happen? Thus, the God hypothesis returns. Stephen Meyer convincingly drives the point home: How could it be this way? Only God!" - James M. Tour, PhD, T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of nano-engineering at Rice University. "Stephen Meyer is a genuine renaissance person. His work tears down many purported barriers between science, philosophy, and religion. An important book of both breadth and depth." - Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III, Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and director of the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry at University of Georgia. "Beginning in the late nineteenth century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief - that science and belief in God are "at war." Philosopher of science and director of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute Stephen C. Meyer challenges this view by examining three scientific discoveries with decidedly theistic implications. Building on the case for the intelligent design of life that he developed in Signature in the Cell and Darwin's Doubt, Meyer demonstrates how discoveries in cosmology and physics coupled with those in biology help to establish the identity of the designing intelligence behind life and the universe. Meyer argues that theism - with its affirmation of a transcendent, intelligent, and active creator - best explains the evidence we have concerning biological and cosmological origins. Previously Meyer refrained from attempting to answer questions about "who" might have designed life. Now he provides an evidence-based answer revealing a stunning conclusion: the data support not just the existence of an intelligent designer of some kind - but the existence of a personal God." - from the inner front jacket flap.…