Victor J. Stenger

Victor J. Stenger (1935-2014) was an American particle physicist, philosopher, skeptic, author, and outspoken atheist. He was the author of nine books on physics, atheism and skepticism as well as more than a dozen peer reviewed articles.

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He popularized the phrase "Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings."[1]

In a rare moment of sanity, the Huffington Post decided to give him a blog, presumably to balance out all their quacks and woo-peddlers.

Bibliography
  • 1988. Not by Design: The Origin of the Universe. ISBN 0879754516
  • 1990. Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses. ISBN 087975575X.
  • 1995. The Unconscious Quantum: Metaphysics in Modern Physics and Cosmology. ISBN 1573920223.
  • 2000. Timeless Reality: Symmetry, Simplicity, and Multiple Universes. ISBN 1573928593.
  • 2003. Has Science Found God? The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe. ISBN 1591020182.
  • 2006. The Comprehensible Cosmos: Where Do The Laws Of Physics Come From?. ISBN 1591024242.
  • 2007. God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows that God Does Not Exist. ISBN 1591024811. New York Times bestseller.
  • 2009. Quantum Gods: Creation, Chaos and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness. ISBN 1591027136.
  • 2009. The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason]]. ISBN 1591027519.
  • 2011. The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning. ISBN 9781616144432.
  • 2012. God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion. ISBN 1616145994.
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gollark: Which totally kills it.
gollark: It might just get cooked higher up, for example.
gollark: Ah, but it won't necessarily slow down to its terminal velocity if it enters the atmosphere fast enough.
gollark: I mean that the squirrel can probably be dropped from a lower height and die.

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References
  1. http://richarddawkins.net/articles/3567
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