__"It is a grandiose claim to have banished God. With such a lot at stake we surely need to ask Hawking to produce evidence to establish his claim. Do his arguments really stand up to close scrutiny? I think we have a right to know."__

The Grand Design and Brief Answers to Big Questions by eminent scientist the late Stephen Hawking were blockbusting contributions to the science religion debate. They claimed it was the laws of physics themselves which brought the universe into being, rather than any God. In this forthright response, John Lennox, Oxford University mathematician and internationally-known apologist, takes a closer look at Hawking's logic and questions his conclusions.

In lively, layman's terms, Lennox guides us through the key points in Hawking's arguments – with clear explanations of the latest scientific and philosophical methods and theories – and demonstrates that far from disproving a Creator God, they make his existence seem all the more probable.

"A brilliant response to Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design. Make sure you hear both sides of the argument!" (__Alister McGrath__)

A new and revised edition of the stirring reply to Hawking's claims that God is not needed to explain the Universe.

Contents  
Preface to the First Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8  
Preface to the Second Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9  
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10  
Chapter 1 The big questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13  
Chapter 2 God or the laws of nature?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28  
Chapter 3 God or the multiverse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Chapter 4 Whose design is it anyway?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73  
Chapter 5 Science and rationality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78  
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

John C Lennox

Cover

Copyright

Title Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

Chapter 1: The big questions

Chapter 2: God or the laws of nature?

Chapter 3: God or the multiverse?

Chapter 4: Whose design is it anyway?

Chapter 5: Science and rationality

Conclusion

__'The Grand Design', by eminent scientist Stephen Hawking, is the latest blockbusting contribution to the so-called New Atheist debate, and claims that the laws of physics themselves brought the Universe into being, rather than God.__

In this swift and forthright reply, John Lennox, Oxford mathematician and author of 'God's Undertaker', exposes the flaws in Hawking's logic.

In lively, layman's terms, the book guides us through the key points in Hawking's arguments - with clear explanations of the latest scientific and philosophical methods and theories - and demonstrates that far from disproving a Creator God, they make his existence seem all the more probable.

__A new and revised edition of the stirring reply to Hawking's claims that God is not needed to explain the Universe.__

\["For Christians interested in the big questions","John Lennox tackles Stephen Hawkins' assertions about God head on","You'll find iron-clad responses to science's attempted replacement of God"\]

Revised and updated, this 2nd edition of John Lennox's bestseller brings his reasoned and thoughtful arguments to new scientific theory and understanding.

__John Lennox__ is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. He lectures on Faith and Science for the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He has lectured in many universities around the world, including Austria and the former Soviet Union. He is particularly interested in the interface of Science, Philosophy and Theology. Lennox has been part of numerous public debates defending the Christian faith. He debated Richard Dawkins on “The God Delusion” in the University of Alabama (2007) and on “Has Science buried God?” in the Oxford Museum of Natural History (2008). He has also debated Christopher Hitchens on the New Atheism (Edinburgh Festival, 2008) and the question of “Is God Great?” (Samford University, 2010), as well as Peter Singer on the topic of “Is there a God?” (Melbourne, 2011). John is the author of a number of books on the relations of science, religion and ethics. He and his wife Sally live near Oxford.

S Parsons

Goes through in a logical and clear step by step way, which I and my family found easy to understand

A really good read

God and Stephen Hawking

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