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The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions Paperback - 2009

by David Berlinski

A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. This incisive book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be--indeed must be--the ultimate touchstone for understanding the world.


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From a bestselling author, an "incendiary and uproarious" assault on the pretensions of scientific atheists (National Review) Militant atheism is on the rise. Prominent thinkers including Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have published best-selling books denigrating religious belief. And these authors are merely the leading edge of a larger movement that includes much of the scientific community. In response, mathematician David Berlinski, himself a secular Jew, delivers a biting defense of religious thought. The Devil's Delusion is a brilliant, incisive, and funny book that explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it is the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world.

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  • Title The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions
  • Author David Berlinski
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date 2009-09-01
  • Features Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780465019373 / 0465019374
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009931847
  • Dewey Decimal Code 215

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Citations

  • Christianity Today, 12/01/2013, Page 68

About the author

David Berlinski holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University and has taught mathematics and philosophy at universities in the United States and France. He is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. The bestselling author of A Tour of the Calculus and Newton's Gift, as well as many other books, he lives in Paris.
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