The head of a new cosmology think tank—provocatively named Beyond—at Arizona State University, physicist Paul Davies says he wants to look into "the origin of the universe,rnlife, consciousness and the emergence of humanity." In this, his 27th book, Davies examines the perplexing fact that many basic features of the physical universe seem tailor-made to produce life. He embraces the so-called anthropic principle: the idea that the universe's suitability for intelligent life is not an accident but a logical development. In accessible, relatively jargon-free language, he summarizes the current state of knowledge in cosmology and provides an introduction to particle physics. He then asks the question: Does the design of the universe imply the existence of an intelligent designer?
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