New Flatlanders A Seeker's Guide to the Theory of Everything

In The New Flatlanders teacher scientist and chaplain Eric Middleton challenges traditional ways of looking at reality by engaging readers in a voyage of discovery starting with questions. The book engagingly begins with a discussion group embarking on an exploratory conversation about the nature of the universe and the place of human beings in it. Daunting questions emerge such as How can there possibly be a tear or hole in threedimensional space If there is a hole can something fall through it Where would it fall to In short order students and teacher are on a quest to develop a working theory of everything that takes them from stone circles to quarks superstrings quantum theory the anthropic principle evolution consciousness miracles chaos and spiritual universe. The key to exploring these questions is finding a language with which to talk about the awe and wonder of todays science alongside the joy of experiencing the spiritual. This is done by interweaving into the discussions the philosophy of Flatland a nonreligious entry point to Jesus posited by nineteenthcentury clergyman and educator Edwin A. Abbott in his classic parable Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions.Middleton, Eric is the author of 'New Flatlanders A Seeker's Guide to the Theory of Everything', published 2007 under ISBN 9781599471235 and ISBN 159947123X.