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"This title is a startlingly insightful journey into the science of the cosmos - as you've never seen it before. How does the cosmos do something it has long been thought only gods could achieve? How does an inanimate universe generate stunning new forms and almost unbelievable new powers without a Creator? How does the cosmos create? That's the central question posed by leading thinker Howard Bloom in this insightful new book. ""The God Problem"" finds clues in strange places - why a does not equal a. Why 1+1 does not equal 2. How the Greeks used kick balls to reinvent the universe - and uses them to take readers on a scientific expedition into the heart of the cosmos like you've never seen it before. A cosmos that break five of sciences most sacred laws..."

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If Howard Bloom is only 10 percent right, we ll have to drastically revise our notions of the universe. . . . [His] argument will rock your world. -BARBARA EHRENREICH, National Magazine Award winner and author of Nickel and Dimed Enthralling. Astonishing. Written with the panache of the Great Blondin turning somersaults on the rope above Niagara. Profound, extraordinarily eclectic, and crazy. The most exciting cliff-hanger of a book I can remember reading. -JAMES BURKE, Creator and host of seven BBC-TV series, including Connections Bloody hell. . . . What a truly extraordinary book. I m gobsmacked. It s a fast-paced, highly readable, and deeply researched thriller-documentary that grapples with the big issues of the universe. . . . Food for the brain. -FRANCIS PRYOR, President of the Council for British Archaeology, author of Britain BC For those of us who do not invoke god(s) to explain things, there is a challenge where did the complexity of the physical and natural world come from? . . . This deep, provocative, spectacularly well-written book provides some answers. . . . A wonderful book. -ROBERT SAPOLSKY, MacArthur Foundation genius grant winner and author of Why Zebras Don t Get Ulcers Strong. Like a STEAM ROLLER. Impressive. Great. -RICHARD FOREMAN, MacArthur Foundation genius grant winner and founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater A deeply engrossing and mind-bending meld of philosophy and science, written with great clarity, humor, and daring. -CHARLES SIEBERT, Contributing writer, New York Times Sunday Magazine Truly awesome. . . . Bursting with insights and ideas, delivered with delightful verve and zest. . . . A tantalizing, fresh new view of the cosmos for humankind. -DUDLEY HERSCHBACH, Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

If Howard Bloom is only 10 percent right, we'll have to drastically revise our notions of the universe. . . . [His] argument will rock your world. -BARBARA EHRENREICH, National Magazine Award winner and author of Nickel and Dimed Enthralling. Astonishing. Written with the panache of the Great Blondin turning somersaults on the rope above Niagara. Profound, extraordinarily eclectic, and crazy. The most exciting cliff-hanger of a book I can remember reading. -JAMES BURKE, Creator and host of seven BBC-TV series, including Connections Bloody hell. . . . What a truly extraordinary book. I'm gobsmacked. It's a fast-paced, highly readable, and deeply researched thriller-documentary that grapples with the big issues of the universe. . . . Food for the brain. -FRANCIS PRYOR, President of the Council for British Archaeology, author of Britain BC For those of us who do not invoke god(s) to explain things, there is a challenge--where did the complexity of the physical and natural world come from? . . . This deep, provocative, spectacularly well-written book provides some answers. . . . A wonderful book. -ROBERT SAPOLSKY, MacArthur Foundation genius grant winner and author of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Strong. Like a STEAM ROLLER. Impressive. Great. -RICHARD FOREMAN, MacArthur Foundation genius grant winner and founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater A deeply engrossing and mind-bending meld of philosophy and science, written with great clarity, humor, and daring. -CHARLES SIEBERT, Contributing writer, New York Times Sunday Magazine Truly awesome. . . . Bursting with insights and ideas, delivered with delightful verve and zest. . . . A tantalizing, fresh new view of the cosmos for humankind. -DUDLEY HERSCHBACH, Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

If Howard Bloom is only 10 percent right, we'll have to drastically revise our notions of the universe. . . . [His] argument will rock your world. <br>-BARBARA EHRENREICH, National Magazine Award winner and author of Nickel and Dimed <br><br> Enthralling. Astonishing. Written with the panache of the Great Blondin turning somersaults on the rope above Niagara. Profound, extraordinarily eclectic, and crazy. The most exciting cliff-hanger of a book I can remember reading. <br>-JAMES BURKE, Creator and host of seven BBC-TV series, including Connections<br><br> Bloody hell. . . . What a truly extraordinary book. I'm gobsmacked. It's a fast-paced, highly readable, and deeply researched thriller-documentary that grapples with the big issues of the universe. . . . Food for the brain. <br>-FRANCIS PRYOR, President of the Council for British Archaeology, author of Britain BC <br><br> For those of us who do not invoke god(s) to explain things, there is a challenge--where did the complexity of the physical and natural world come from? . . . This deep, provocative, spectacularly well-written book provides some answers. . . . A wonderful book. <br>-ROBERT SAPOLSKY, MacArthur Foundation genius grant winner and author of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers<br><br> Strong. Like a STEAM ROLLER. Impressive. Great. <br>-RICHARD FOREMAN, MacArthur Foundation genius grant winner and founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater<br><br> A deeply engrossing and mind-bending meld of philosophy and science, written with great clarity, humor, and daring. <br>-CHARLES SIEBERT, Contributing writer, New York Times Sunday Magazine<br><br> Truly awesome. . . . Bursting with insights and ideas, delivered with delightful verve and zest. . . . A tantalizing, fresh new view of the cosmos for humankind. <br>-DUDLEY HERSCHBACH, Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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"Howard Bloom is Visiting Scholar at New York University, founder of the International Paleo-psychology Project, a founder member of the Epic Evolution Society, and member of the New York Academy of Sciences, and the European Sociobiological Society. He has been called ""the Darwin, Einstein, Newton, and Freud of the 21st Century"" by Channel 4 TV and ""the next Stephen Hawking"" by Gear Magazine."

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