David A. J. Seargent
Author of Weird Astronomy : Tales of Unusual, Bizarre, and Other Hard to Explain Observations
About the Author
David A. J. Seargent is a contributing editor to Australia's Sky and Telescope magazine, and former lecturer in Philosophy with the University of Newcastle's adult education department.
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Works by David A. J. Seargent
Weird Astronomy : Tales of Unusual, Bizarre, and Other Hard to Explain Observations (2011) 32 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Seargent, David A. J.
- Legal name
- Seargent, David Allan John
- Other names
- Seargent, David A.
Seargent, David
Seargent, D. A. J. - Birthdate
- 1947
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Australia
- Places of residence
- The Entrance, New South Wales, Australia
- Education
- University of Newcastle
- Occupations
- philosopher
astronomer - Relationships
- University of Newcastle
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Reviews
Weird Astronomy: Tales of Unusual, Bizarre, and… by David A.J. Seargent
Although, like plenty of other books, it very knowledgeably describes the current state of cosmology and fundamental physics, this one has to get a thumbs-down because the author at one point succumbs to the temptation of a theistic "explanation" for the complexity of living matter and the so-called fine-tuning conundrum. Like dividing a number by zero, resorting to the supernatural is utterly nonsensical, harmful, and tantamount to abandoning reason and just giving up. To begin to understand why, Seargent should perhaps read some books by people like Richard Dawkins and Victor J Stenger.… (more)
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- Works
- 15
- Members
- 130
- Popularity
- #155,342
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 29
- Languages
- 2