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008 090701s2009 nyu 001 0 eng c
010 _a 2009931847
020 _a9780465019373 (pbk.)
020 _a0465019374 (pbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn401147024
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082 0 0 _a215/BER
998 _bEW
100 1 _aBerlinski, David,
_d1942-
245 1 4 _aThe Devil's delusion :
_batheism and its scientific pretensions /
_cDavid Berlinski.
250 _a[2nd ed.].
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_cc2009.
300 _axvii, 237 p. ;
_bpbk ;
_c21 cm.
500 _a"Published in the United States in 2008 by Crown Forum"--T.p. verso.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aNo gods before me -- Nights of doubt -- Horses do not fly -- The cause -- The reason -- A put-up job -- A curious proof that God does not exist -- Our inner ape, a darling, and the human mind -- Miracles in our time -- The cardinal and his cathedral.
520 _aA 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.
650 0 _aReligion and science.
650 0 _aAtheism.
942 _2ddc
999 _c13440
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