Bøger af Peter Byrne

A novel... a rollicking tale of adventure and action centering around the poem, THE GREEN EYE OF THE LITTLE YELLOW GOD and involving jewel smuggling, rogues, thugs, murder, torture, a monstrous character, a professional international courier and his tough Sherpa henchman and a beautiful Australian partner... a racy story set in England, India and the Nepal Himalaya.

Peter Byrne's autobiography. An adventurous life that embraces WW II service in the Royal Air Force, tea planting in north India, big game hunting in South East Asia, Yeti hunting in the Nepal Himalaya, international professional river-running, Bigfoot hunting and research in the Pacific NW of the U.S., romance and love affairs, humor, anecdotes ... adventures unlimited.

This study offers students of religion and philosophy introductory chapters concerning the concept of natural religion. It holds that we can't engage in useful discussion about the present concept of religion without a knowledge of the philosophical history that has shaped that concept. This is discussed with reference to the notion of natural religion to illustrate certain aspects of deism and its legacy. Originally published in 1989.

The account aims to bring out the major issues in moral theory, to present a clear, non-technical articulation of the structure of moral knowledge and to explore the relation between religious belief and morality.

Peter Byrne erzahlt die Lebensgeschichte von Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), dessen Theorie der multiplen Universen die Physik und Philosophie entscheidend beeinflusst hat. Neben seiner beruhmten Interpretation der Quantenmechanik verfasste Everett eine klassische Arbeit zur Spieltheorie, entwickelte wegweisende Computeralgorithmen und leistete Pionierarbeit auf dem Gebiet der Kunstlichen Intelligenz. Diesem anschaulichen Portrat liegen bisher unveroffentlichte Schriften Everetts zugrunde sowie Interviews mit Freunden, Kollegen und Verwandten.

The account aims to bring out the major issues in moral theory, to present a clear, non-technical articulation of the structure of moral knowledge and to explore the relation between religious belief and morality.

Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory, of infinite multiple universes, is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics.This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism.

Beginning with a definition of realism, Peter Byrne discusses the various forms of theological realism and offers a critical study of a number of issues surrounding the realist interpretation of theism and theology.