After pointing out that Einstein’s dream to discover the grand design of the
universe was unrealistic, Hawkings and Mlodinov say that a few key developments (Mtheory,
COBE satellite’s data, WMAP satellite’s data) enabled physicists to achieve that
dream. They conclude that God is not necessary because the universe is self-sufficient.
The classical objections against God existence were known already to Greeks, Romans
and Jews in Alexandria and had been rigorously reformulated already in the 13th
century, Relevant quotes of St. Thomas Aquinus, Chesterton and S.L. Jaki are brought
forward. It is the strongest mark of the divinity of man that he talks of this world a
“strange world” though he has seen no other.
Keywords: Einstein, grand design of the universe, M-theory, COBE, WMAP,
God’s existence, St. Thomas Aquinus, Chesterton, Jaki, the infinite eccentricity of
existence.
