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The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe is Not Designed for Us
Prometheus Books (2011)
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Argues that many claims by theists are based on their misunderstanding of science. He looks at the specific parameters and shows that plausible reasons can be found for the values they have within the existing standard models of physics and cosmology.
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