David A. J. Seargent
Auteur de Weird Astronomy : Tales of Unusual, Bizarre, and Other Hard to Explain Observations
A propos de l'auteur
David A. J. Seargent is a contributing editor to Australia's Sky and Telescope magazine, and former lecturer in Philosophy with the University of Newcastle's adult education department.
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Œuvres de David A. J. Seargent
Weird Astronomy : Tales of Unusual, Bizarre, and Other Hard to Explain Observations (2011) 32 exemplaires
Weird Astronomical Theories of the Solar System and Beyond (Astronomers' Universe) (2015) 5 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Seargent, David A. J.
- Nom légal
- Seargent, David Allan John
- Autres noms
- Seargent, David A.
Seargent, David
Seargent, D. A. J. - Date de naissance
- 1947
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieux de résidence
- The Entrance, New South Wales, Australia
- Études
- University of Newcastle
- Professions
- philosopher
astronomer - Relations
- University of Newcastle
Membres
Critiques
Weird Astronomy: Tales of Unusual, Bizarre, and… par David A.J. Seargent
Weird Astronomy promised much, with declarations about challenging scientific orthodoxy and the like but seemed to spend a lot of pages straying off topic. So, in a chapter about panspermia, the fascinating theory that life on Earth originated from elsewhere, I found myself far more bored than I should have been as Seargent covered in great detail a number of meteorites and where they originated.
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.… (plus d'informations)
Dit boek bespreekt diverse theorieën over het ontstaan van het heelal. Dat is een interessant onderwerp en een uitgebreid scala van onderwerpen betreffende de kosmologie passeert de revue. Helaas is de behandeling wat warrig en vaak te oppervlakkig. Er wordt heel veel bijgehaald zonder dat het goed wordt uitgelegd.
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 15
- Membres
- 128
- Popularité
- #157,245
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 29
- Langues
- 2