About the Book: The Dicey Problem of New Age Science: Einstein,Hawking and God
at the Casino
Order flows from consistent laws. Our understanding ofouruniverse is changing,
but Reality behind it is unchanged.Einsteinsrelativity amended Newtonian
determinism, and was in turnamendedby quantum mechanics. Einstein saw a
harmonious advanceinknowledge, and said, "God does not play dice"; but
StephenHawkinglater saw a radical departure, and said, "God is agambler".
This author, a deep student of philosophy with amoderatebackground of science,
sees in these conflictingconclusions theinevitable distortion when "the
relative" isprojected on to "theAbsolute." Therefore he says, "Do not worryabout
God. He is not avisiting player like you and me, But theabsolute owner of
thecasino. When