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Stenger – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Victor J. 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Stenger</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:VicHead2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/VicHead2011.jpg/220px-VicHead2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/VicHead2011.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="336" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Victor J. Stenger in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">January 29, 1935<sup id="cite_ref-cv_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Bayonne,_New_Jersey" title="Bayonne, New Jersey">Bayonne, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 25, 2014<span style="display:none">(2014-08-25)</span> (aged 79)<sup id="cite_ref-patheos20140830_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patheos20140830-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Honolulu,_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Honolulu, Hawaii">Honolulu, Hawaii</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Institute_of_Technology" title="New Jersey Institute of Technology">New Jersey Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/UCLA" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLA">UCLA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Phylliss Marcia (Black) Stenger (m. 1962)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Noelle Green, Victor Andrew</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Scientific career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fields</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Particle_physics" title="Particle physics">Particle physics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i> Low Energy </i>K<i>+</i>d<i> Scattering and the </i>I<i>=0 </i>KN<i> Interaction </i> <span style="font-size:97%;">(1963)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Doctoral_advisor" title="Doctoral advisor">Doctoral advisor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Harold K. Ticho</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Victor John Stenger</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="/ŋ/: 'ng' in 'sing'">ŋ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span>; January 29, 1935 – August 25, 2014) was an American <a href="/wiki/Particle_physicist" class="mw-redirect" title="Particle physicist">particle physicist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a>, author, and <a href="/wiki/Religious_skepticism" title="Religious skepticism">religious skeptic</a>. </p><p>Following a career as a <a href="/wiki/Research_scientist" class="mw-redirect" title="Research scientist">research scientist</a> in the field of particle physics, Stenger was associated with <a href="/wiki/New_Atheism" title="New Atheism">New Atheism</a> and he authored <a href="/wiki/Popular_science" title="Popular science">popular science</a> books.<sup id="cite_ref-Skeptic_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skeptic-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He published twelve books for general audiences on <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quantum_mechanics" title="Quantum mechanics">quantum mechanics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cosmology" title="Cosmology">cosmology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscience</a>, including the 2007 best-seller <i><a href="/wiki/God:_The_Failed_Hypothesis" title="God: The Failed Hypothesis">God: The Failed Hypothesis</a>: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist</i>. His final book was <i>God and the Multiverse: Humanity's Expanding View of the Cosmos</i> (2014). He was a regular featured science columnist for the <a href="/wiki/Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Huffington Post">Huffington Post</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Skepticality_2012_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skepticality_2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An advocate for removing the influence of religion from scientific research, commercial activity, and the political process,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stenger coined the <a href="/wiki/Quotation" title="Quotation">quote</a>: "Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings" (a reference to the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Victor J. Stenger was born on January 29, 1935, and raised in a working-class neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Bayonne,_New_Jersey" title="Bayonne, New Jersey">Bayonne, New Jersey</a>. His father was a <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian people">Lithuanian</a> immigrant, and his mother was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungarian people">Hungarian</a> immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-colorado.edu_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colorado.edu-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on August 25, 2014, at the age of 79.<sup id="cite_ref-patheos20140830_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patheos20140830-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_and_employment">Education and employment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Education and employment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stenger attended public schools in Bayonne, New Jersey, and received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> in <a href="/wiki/Electrical_engineering" title="Electrical engineering">electrical engineering</a> from Newark College of Engineering (now the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Institute_of_Technology" title="New Jersey Institute of Technology">New Jersey Institute of Technology</a>). He then moved to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Hughes_Aircraft_Company" title="Hughes Aircraft Company">Hughes Aircraft Company</a> fellowship, earning a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">Master of Science</a> and <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> in physics from <a href="/wiki/UCLA" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLA">UCLA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-centerforinquiry1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centerforinquiry1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a member of the Department of Physics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Hawaii">University of Hawaii</a> until his 2000 retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-cv_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held visiting positions on the faculties of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Heidelberg" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Heidelberg">University of Heidelberg</a> in Germany and <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a> (twice) and was a visiting researcher at <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_Appleton_Laboratory" title="Rutherford Appleton Laboratory">Rutherford Appleton Laboratory</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Istituto_Nazionale_di_Fisica_Nucleare" title="Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare">National Nuclear Physics Laboratory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Frascati" title="Frascati">Frascati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Florence" title="University of Florence">University of Florence</a> in Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as an <a href="/wiki/Adjunct_professor" title="Adjunct professor">adjunct professor</a> of philosophy at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Colorado_at_Boulder" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Colorado at Boulder">University of Colorado at Boulder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cv_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-origins_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origins-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scientist">Scientist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Scientist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stenger's first peer-reviewed work was published in 1964, and his research career continued until his retirement in 2000. His research involved work that determined properties of <a href="/wiki/Gluons" class="mw-redirect" title="Gluons">gluons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quarks" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarks">quarks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strangeness" title="Strangeness">strange</a> particles, and <a href="/wiki/Neutrino" title="Neutrino">neutrinos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-centerforinquiry1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centerforinquiry1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-origins_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origins-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stenger focused on <a href="/wiki/Neutrino_astronomy" title="Neutrino astronomy">neutrino astronomy</a> and very high-energy <a href="/wiki/Gamma_rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamma rays">gamma rays</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cv_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-origins_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origins-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philosopher_and_skeptic">Philosopher and skeptic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Philosopher and skeptic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stenger was an advocate of <a href="/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy)" title="Naturalism (philosophy)">philosophical naturalism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skepticism" title="Skepticism">skepticism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheism</a>, and wrote several books and papers about the <a href="/wiki/Relationship_between_science_and_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Relationship between science and religion">relationship between science and religion</a>. He was a prominent critic of <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">intelligent design</a> and the aggressive use of the <a href="/wiki/Anthropic_principle" title="Anthropic principle">anthropic principle</a>. He maintained that if <a href="/wiki/Consciousness" title="Consciousness">consciousness</a> and <a href="/wiki/Free_will" title="Free will">free will</a> do exist, they will eventually be explained in a scientific manner that invokes neither the <a href="/wiki/Mystical" class="mw-redirect" title="Mystical">mystical</a> nor the <a href="/wiki/Supernatural" title="Supernatural">supernatural</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Skeptic_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skeptic-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He criticized those who invoke the <a href="/wiki/Interpretations_of_quantum_mechanics" title="Interpretations of quantum mechanics">perplexities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Quantum_mechanics" title="Quantum mechanics">quantum mechanics</a> in support of the <a href="/wiki/Paranormal" title="Paranormal">paranormal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysticism" title="Mysticism">mysticism</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Supernatural_phenomena" class="mw-redirect" title="Supernatural phenomena">supernatural phenomena</a>, writing several books and articles to <a href="/wiki/Debunker" title="Debunker">debunk</a> contemporary <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscience</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VS@CSI_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VS@CSI-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stenger took part in the 2008 "Origins Conference" hosted by the <a href="/wiki/Skeptics_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Skeptics Society">Skeptics Society</a> at the <a href="/wiki/California_Institute_of_Technology" title="California Institute of Technology">California Institute of Technology</a><sup id="cite_ref-origins_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origins-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and debated <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Ross_(astrophysicist)" title="Hugh Ross (astrophysicist)">Hugh Ross</a> on the topic of whether science supports belief in <a href="/wiki/Existence_of_God" title="Existence of God">existence of God</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1992, <a href="/wiki/Uri_Geller" title="Uri Geller">Uri Geller</a> sued Stenger and <a href="/wiki/Prometheus_Books" title="Prometheus Books">Prometheus Books</a> for $4 million, claiming <a href="/wiki/Defamation" title="Defamation">defamation</a> for questioning his "<a href="/wiki/Psychic" title="Psychic">psychic</a> powers." The suit was dismissed and Geller was ordered to pay <a href="/wiki/Court_costs" title="Court costs">court costs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gellersuit_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gellersuit-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Astronomer Luke Barnes argued in a 2012 paper that many of Stenger's claims about fine-tuning were problematic and that his arguments were fallacious.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stenger responded that Barnes misunderstood and misrepresented his positions.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_and_community_positions">Professional and community positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Professional and community positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>President, 1990–94 Hawaiian Humanists</li> <li>Member of Editorial Board, <i><a href="/wiki/Free_Inquiry" title="Free Inquiry">Free Inquiry</a></i></li> <li>Member of <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Humanist_Philosophers" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Humanist Philosophers">Society of Humanist Philosophers</a></li> <li>Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Inquiry" title="Center for Inquiry">Center for Inquiry</a></li> <li>President, 2002–06, Colorado Citizens for Science</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications_by_Stenger">Publications by Stenger</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Publications by Stenger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books_for_general_audiences">Books for general audiences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Books for general audiences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFStenger1988" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140812062413/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/NotBy.html"><i>Not by Design: The Origin of the Universe</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 1988, p. 202, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87975-451-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87975-451-8"><bdi>978-0-87975-451-8</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/NotBy.html">the original</a> on 2014-08-12<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Not+by+Design%3A+The+Origin+of+the+Universe&rft.pages=202&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-87975-451-8&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FNotBy.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1990" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141019071949/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Psychics.html"><i>Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 1990, p. 323, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87975-575-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87975-575-1"><bdi>978-0-87975-575-1</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Psychics.html">the original</a> on 2014-10-19<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Physics+and+Psychics%3A+The+Search+for+a+World+Beyond+the+Senses&rft.pages=323&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0-87975-575-1&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FPsychics.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1995" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unconsciousquant00sten/page/322"><i>The Unconscious Quantum: Metaphysics in Modern Physics and Cosmology</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 1995, pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unconsciousquant00sten/page/322">322</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-022-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-022-3"><bdi>978-1-57392-022-3</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-08-09</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Unconscious+Quantum%3A+Metaphysics+in+Modern+Physics+and+Cosmology&rft.pages=322&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-1-57392-022-3&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Funconsciousquant00sten%2Fpage%2F322&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2000" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140812062424/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Timeless.html"><i>Timeless Reality: Symmetry, Simplicity, and Multiple Universes</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2000, p. 396, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-859-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-859-5"><bdi>978-1-57392-859-5</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Timeless.html">the original</a> on 2014-08-12<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Timeless+Reality%3A+Symmetry%2C+Simplicity%2C+and+Multiple+Universes&rft.pages=396&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-57392-859-5&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FTimeless.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2003" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141019071755/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Found.html"><i>Has Science Found God? The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2003, p. 373, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-018-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-018-9"><bdi>978-1-59102-018-9</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Found.html">the original</a> on 2014-10-19<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-08-09</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Has+Science+Found+God%3F+The+Latest+Results+in+the+Search+for+Purpose+in+the+Universe&rft.pages=373&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-59102-018-9&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FFound.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2006" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/comprehensibleco00sten_0/page/340"><i>The Comprehensible Cosmos: Where Do the Laws of Physics Come From?</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2006, pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/comprehensibleco00sten_0/page/340">340</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-424-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-424-8"><bdi>978-1-59102-424-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Comprehensible+Cosmos%3A+Where+Do+the+Laws+of+Physics+Come+From%3F&rft.pages=340&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-59102-424-8&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcomprehensibleco00sten_0%2Fpage%2F340&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2007" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140812062208/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Fail.html"><i>God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2007, p. 287, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-481-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-481-1"><bdi>978-1-59102-481-1</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Fail.html">the original</a> on 2014-08-12<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=God%3A+The+Failed+Hypothesis%3A+How+Science+Shows+That+God+Does+Not+Exist&rft.pages=287&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-59102-481-1&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FFail.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2009" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140812062518/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/QuantumGods.html"><i>Quantum Gods: Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2009, p. 292, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-713-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-713-3"><bdi>978-1-59102-713-3</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/QuantumGods.html">the original</a> on 2014-08-12<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Quantum+Gods%3A+Creation%2C+Chaos%2C+and+the+Search+for+Cosmic+Consciousness&rft.pages=292&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-59102-713-3&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FQuantumGods.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2009" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140812062341/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/NewAth.html"><i>The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2009, p. 282, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-751-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-751-5"><bdi>978-1-59102-751-5</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/NewAth.html">the original</a> on 2014-08-12<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+Atheism%3A+Taking+a+Stand+for+Science+and+Reason&rft.pages=282&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-59102-751-5&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FNewAth.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2011" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140812062448/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Fallacy.html"><i>The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2011, p. 345, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61614-443-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61614-443-2"><bdi>978-1-61614-443-2</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Fallacy.html">the original</a> on 2014-08-12<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fallacy+of+Fine-Tuning%3A+Why+the+Universe+Is+Not+Designed+for+Us&rft.pages=345&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-61614-443-2&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FFallacy.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2012" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140812062507/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Folly.html"><i>God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2012, p. 408, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61614-599-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61614-599-6"><bdi>978-1-61614-599-6</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Folly.html">the original</a> on 2014-08-12<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=God+and+the+Folly+of+Faith%3A+The+Incompatibility+of+Science+and+Religion&rft.pages=408&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-61614-599-6&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FFolly.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2013" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140812062135/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/GodAtom.html"><i>God and the Atom</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2013, p. 300, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61614-753-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61614-753-2"><bdi>978-1-61614-753-2</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/GodAtom.html">the original</a> on 2014-08-12<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=God+and+the+Atom&rft.pages=300&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-61614-753-2&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FGodAtom.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2014" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prometheusbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_58&products_id=2222"><i>God and the Multiverse</i></a>, Prometheus Books, 2014, p. 447, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61614-970-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61614-970-3"><bdi>978-1-61614-970-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=God+and+the+Multiverse&rft.pages=447&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-61614-970-3&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prometheusbooks.com%2Findex.php%3Fmain_page%3Dproduct_info%26cPath%3D37_58%26products_id%3D2222&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peer-reviewed_articles">Peer-reviewed articles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Peer-reviewed articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStengerSlaterStorkTicho1964" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor; Slater, W. E.; Stork, D. H.; Ticho, H. K. (June 1964), "K−N Interaction in the I=0 State at Low Energies", <i>Physical Review</i>, <b>134</b> (B1111): B1111–B1123, <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1964PhRv..134.1111S">1964PhRv..134.1111S</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2FPhysRev.134.B1111">10.1103/PhysRev.134.B1111</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=K%E2%88%92N+Interaction+in+the+I%3D0+State+at+Low+Energies&rft.volume=134&rft.issue=B1111&rft.pages=B1111-B1123&rft.date=1964-06&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2FPhysRev.134.B1111&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1964PhRv..134.1111S&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft.au=Slater%2C+W.+E.&rft.au=Stork%2C+D.+H.&rft.au=Ticho%2C+H.+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1984" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (15 September 1984), "The Production of Very High Energy Photons and Neutrinos from Cosmic Proton Sources", <i>The Astrophysical Journal</i>, <b>284</b>: 810–816, <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984ApJ...284..810S">1984ApJ...284..810S</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1086%2F162463">10.1086/162463</a></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Astrophysical+Journal&rft.atitle=The+Production+of+Very+High+Energy+Photons+and+Neutrinos+from+Cosmic+Proton+Sources&rft.volume=284&rft.pages=810-816&rft.date=1984-09-15&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1086%2F162463&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1984ApJ...284..810S&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1985" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (3 October 1985), "Photinos from Cosmic Sources", <i>Nature</i>, <b>317</b> (6036): 411–413, <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985Natur.317..411S">1985Natur.317..411S</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2F317411a0">10.1038/317411a0</a>, <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4312378">4312378</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Nature&rft.atitle=Photinos+from+Cosmic+Sources&rft.volume=317&rft.issue=6036&rft.pages=411-413&rft.date=1985-10-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A4312378%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1038%2F317411a0&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1985Natur.317..411S&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1986" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (March–April 1986), "The Extraterrestrial Flux Sensitivity of Underground and Undersea Muon Detectors", <i>Il Nuovo Cimento C</i>, <b>9</b> (2): 479–487, <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986NCimC...9..479S">1986NCimC...9..479S</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF02514866">10.1007/BF02514866</a>, <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:120549196">120549196</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Il+Nuovo+Cimento+C&rft.atitle=The+Extraterrestrial+Flux+Sensitivity+of+Underground+and+Undersea+Muon+Detectors&rft.volume=9&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=479-487&rft.date=1986-03%2F1986-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A120549196%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2FBF02514866&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1986NCimC...9..479S&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1990" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (July 1990), "The Universe: the ultimate free lunch", <i>European Journal of Physics</i>, <b>11</b> (4): 236–243, <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990EJPh...11..236S">1990EJPh...11..236S</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1088%2F0143-0807%2F11%2F4%2F008">10.1088/0143-0807/11/4/008</a>, <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:250784194">250784194</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=European+Journal+of+Physics&rft.atitle=The+Universe%3A+the+ultimate+free+lunch&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=236-243&rft.date=1990-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A250784194%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1088%2F0143-0807%2F11%2F4%2F008&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1990EJPh...11..236S&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1999" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (1999), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202347/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Medicine/Biofield.html">"Bioenergetic Fields"</a>, <i>The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine</i>, <b>3</b> (1), archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Medicine/Biofield.html">the original</a> on 2016-03-03</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Scientific+Review+of+Alternative+Medicine&rft.atitle=Bioenergetic+Fields&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=1&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FMedicine%2FBiofield.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2000" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2000), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140411085126/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Cosmo/anthro_philo.pdf">"Natural Explanations for the Anthropic Coincidences"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>Philo</i>, <b>3</b> (2): 50–67, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.5840%2Fphilo20003216">10.5840/philo20003216</a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Cosmo/anthro_philo.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2014-04-11<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-18</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Philo&rft.atitle=Natural+Explanations+for+the+Anthropic+Coincidences&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=50-67&rft.date=2000&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.5840%2Fphilo20003216&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FCosmo%2Fanthro_philo.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_essays">Other essays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other essays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1993" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (May–June 1993), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110606035531/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Quantum/QuantumConsciousness.pdf">"The Myth of Quantum Consciousness"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>The Humanist</i>, vol. 53, pp. 13–15, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Quantum/QuantumConsciousness.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2011-06-06</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Humanist&rft.atitle=The+Myth+of+Quantum+Consciousness&rft.volume=53&rft.pages=13-15&rft.date=1993-05%2F1993-06&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FQuantum%2FQuantumConsciousness.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1996" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (1996), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013402/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Quantum/mystic.pdf">"New Age Physics: Has Science Found the Path to the Ultimate?"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>Free Inquiry</i>, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 7–11, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Quantum/mystic.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2015-09-24<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-10-31</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Free+Inquiry&rft.atitle=New+Age+Physics%3A+Has+Science+Found+the+Path+to+the+Ultimate%3F&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=7-11&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FQuantum%2Fmystic.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1996" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (1996), "Cosmythology: Was the Universe Designed to Produce Us?", <i>Skeptic</i>, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 36–40</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Skeptic&rft.atitle=Cosmythology%3A+Was+the+Universe+Designed+to+Produce+Us%3F&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=36-40&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1996" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (1996), "Quantum Metaphysics", in Brown, Laurence; Farr, Bernard; Hoffmann, Joseph (eds.), <i>Modern Spiritualities: An Inquiry</i>, Prometheus Books, pp. 243–253</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Quantum+Metaphysics&rft.btitle=Modern+Spiritualities%3A+An+Inquiry&rft.pages=243-253&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1998" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (1998), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100706064554/http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=stenger_19_1">"Has Science Found God?"</a>, <i>Free Inquiry</i>, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 56–58, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=stenger_19_1">the original</a> on 2010-07-06<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-11-03</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Free+Inquiry&rft.atitle=Has+Science+Found+God%3F&rft.volume=19&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=56-58&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.secularhumanism.org%2Findex.php%3Fsection%3Dlibrary%26page%3Dstenger_19_1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1999" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (1999), "The Anthropic Coincidences: A Natural Explanation", <i>Skeptical Intelligencer</i>, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 2–17</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Skeptical+Intelligencer&rft.atitle=The+Anthropic+Coincidences%3A+A+Natural+Explanation&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=2-17&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger1999" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (July–August 1999), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051205085645/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Cosmo/anthro.skinq.html">"Anthropic Design: Does the Cosmos Show Evidence of Purpose?"</a>, <i>Skeptical Inquirer</i>, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 40–63, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Cosmo/anthro.skinq.html">the original</a> on 2005-12-05</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Skeptical+Inquirer&rft.atitle=Anthropic+Design%3A+Does+the+Cosmos+Show+Evidence+of+Purpose%3F&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=40-63&rft.date=1999-07%2F1999-08&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FCosmo%2Fanthro.skinq.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRameyStenger1999" class="citation cs2">Ramey, David; Stenger, Victor (1999), "Energy Medicine", <i>Consumer's Guide to Alternative Therapies in the Horse</i>, Howell Book House, pp. 55–66, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1582450629" title="Special:BookSources/978-1582450629"><bdi>978-1582450629</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Energy+Medicine&rft.btitle=Consumer%27s+Guide+to+Alternative+Therapies+in+the+Horse&rft.pages=55-66&rft.pub=Howell+Book+House&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-1582450629&rft.aulast=Ramey&rft.aufirst=David&rft.au=Stenger%2C+Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2000" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2000), "The Pseudophysics of Therapeutic Touch", in Scheiber, Béla; Selby, Carla (eds.), <i>Therapeutic Touch</i>, Prometheus Books, pp. 302–311, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-804-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-804-5"><bdi>978-1-57392-804-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Pseudophysics+of+Therapeutic+Touch&rft.btitle=Therapeutic+Touch&rft.pages=302-311&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-57392-804-5&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2000" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2000), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120831215311/http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/vic_stenger/stealth.pdf"><i>Intelligent Design: The New Stealth Creationism</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://infidels.org/library/modern/vic_stenger/stealth.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2012-08-31<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-11-12</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Intelligent+Design%3A+The+New+Stealth+Creationism&rft.date=2000&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Finfidels.org%2Flibrary%2Fmodern%2Fvic_stenger%2Fstealth.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2001" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2001), "Humanity in Time and Space", <i>Free Inquiry</i>, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 42–69</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Free+Inquiry&rft.atitle=Humanity+in+Time+and+Space&rft.volume=21&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=42-69&rft.date=2001&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2001" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2001), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120623200042/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Timeless/TimelessSkeptic.pdf">"Time's Arrows Point Both Ways: The View From Nowhen"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>Skeptic</i>, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 90–95, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Timeless/TimelessSkeptic.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2012-06-23<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-08-01</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Skeptic&rft.atitle=Time%27s+Arrows+Point+Both+Ways%3A+The+View+From+Nowhen&rft.volume=8&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=90-95&rft.date=2001&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FTimeless%2FTimelessSkeptic.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2001" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (September–October 2001), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170713104503/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/god_of_falling_bodies_galileo_newton_bentley_and_leibniz_chat_on_the_in">"The God of Falling Bodies"</a>, <i>Skeptical Inquirer</i>, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 46–49, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csicop.org/si/show/god_of_falling_bodies_galileo_newton_bentley_and_leibniz_chat_on_the_in">the original</a> on 2017-07-13<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-11-03</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Skeptical+Inquirer&rft.atitle=The+God+of+Falling+Bodies&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=46-49&rft.date=2001-09%2F2001-10&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csicop.org%2Fsi%2Fshow%2Fgod_of_falling_bodies_galileo_newton_bentley_and_leibniz_chat_on_the_in&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2001" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2001), "The Breath of God: Identifying Spiritual Force", in Kurtz, Paul (ed.), <i>Skeptical Odysseys</i>, Prometheus Books, pp. 363–374, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-884-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-884-7"><bdi>978-1-57392-884-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Breath+of+God%3A+Identifying+Spiritual+Force&rft.btitle=Skeptical+Odysseys&rft.pages=363-374&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-1-57392-884-7&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2003" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2003), "Anthropic Design: Does the Cosmos Show Evidence of Purpose?", in Kurtz, Paul (ed.), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sciencereligiona00kurt/page/47"><i>Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?</i></a>, Prometheus Books, pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sciencereligiona00kurt/page/47">47–49</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-064-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-064-6"><bdi>978-1-59102-064-6</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Anthropic+Design%3A+Does+the+Cosmos+Show+Evidence+of+Purpose%3F&rft.btitle=Science+and+Religion%3A+Are+They+Compatible%3F&rft.pages=47-49&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-59102-064-6&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsciencereligiona00kurt%2Fpage%2F47&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2003" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2003), "The Premise Keepers", <i>Free Inquiry</i>, vol. 23, no. 3</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Free+Inquiry&rft.atitle=The+Premise+Keepers&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=3&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2004" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2004), "Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Us?", in Young, Matt; <a href="/wiki/Taner_Edis" title="Taner Edis">Edis, Taner</a> (eds.), <i>Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism</i>, Rutgers University Press, pp. 172–184, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0813538723" title="Special:BookSources/978-0813538723"><bdi>978-0813538723</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Is+the+Universe+Fine-Tuned+for+Us%3F&rft.btitle=Why+Intelligent+Design+Fails%3A+A+Scientific+Critique+of+the+New+Creationism&rft.pages=172-184&rft.pub=Rutgers+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0813538723&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2005" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2005), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060502111947/http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=stenger_25_2">"Flew's Flawed Science"</a>, <i>Free Inquiry</i>, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 17–18, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=stenger_25_2">the original</a> on 2006-05-02<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-11-04</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Free+Inquiry&rft.atitle=Flew%27s+Flawed+Science&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=17-18&rft.date=2005&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.secularhumanism.org%2Findex.php%3Fsection%3Dlibrary%26page%3Dstenger_25_2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2006" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2006), "The Scientific Case Against a God Who Created the Universe", in Martin, Michael; Monnier, Ricki (eds.), <i>The Improbability of God</i>, Prometheus Books, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-381-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59102-381-4"><bdi>978-1-59102-381-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Scientific+Case+Against+a+God+Who+Created+the+Universe&rft.btitle=The+Improbability+of+God&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-59102-381-4&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2006" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140225113507/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/MagArticles/ValuesFI.pdf">"Do Our Values Come from God? The Evidence Says No"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>Free Inquiry</i>, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 42–45, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/MagArticles/ValuesFI.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2014-02-25<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-07-29</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Free+Inquiry&rft.atitle=Do+Our+Values+Come+from+God%3F+The+Evidence+Says+No&rft.volume=26&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=42-45&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FMagArticles%2FValuesFI.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2006" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Godless/Origin.pdf">"A Scenario for a Natural Origin of Our Universe"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>Philo</i>, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 93–102, <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ArXiv (identifier)">arXiv</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3137">0710.3137</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-06-11</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Philo&rft.atitle=A+Scenario+for+a+Natural+Origin+of+Our+Universe&rft.volume=9&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=93-102&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F0710.3137&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FGodless%2FOrigin.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2007" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2007), "Clock Time", in Darity, William (ed.), <i>International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition</i>, Macmillan Reference USA, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0028661179" title="Special:BookSources/978-0028661179"><bdi>978-0028661179</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Clock+Time&rft.btitle=International+Encyclopedia+of+the+Social+Sciences%2C+2nd+Edition&rft.pub=Macmillan+Reference+USA&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0028661179&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2007" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2007), "Reality", in Darity, William (ed.), <i>International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition</i>, Macmillan Reference USA, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0028661179" title="Special:BookSources/978-0028661179"><bdi>978-0028661179</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Reality&rft.btitle=International+Encyclopedia+of+the+Social+Sciences%2C+2nd+Edition&rft.pub=Macmillan+Reference+USA&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0028661179&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2008" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2008), "Physics, Cosmology, and the New Creationism", in Petto, Andrew; Godfrey, Laurie (eds.), <i>Scientists Confront Creationism: Intelligent Design and Beyond</i>, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-393-33073-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-393-33073-1"><bdi>978-0-393-33073-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Physics%2C+Cosmology%2C+and+the+New+Creationism&rft.btitle=Scientists+Confront+Creationism%3A+Intelligent+Design+and+Beyond&rft.pub=W.+W.+Norton+%26+Company%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-393-33073-1&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2008" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (March 2008), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/is_the_brain_a_quantum_device">"Is the Brain a Quantum Device?"</a>, <i>Skeptical Briefs</i>, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 9, 13</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Skeptical+Briefs&rft.atitle=Is+the+Brain+a+Quantum+Device%3F&rft.volume=18&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=9%2C+13&rft.date=2008-03&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csicop.org%2Fsb%2Fshow%2Fis_the_brain_a_quantum_device&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2008" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2008), "Where Can God Act? The New Quantum Theology", <i>Free Inquiry</i>, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1–36</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Free+Inquiry&rft.atitle=Where+Can+God+Act%3F+The+New+Quantum+Theology&rft.volume=28&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=1-36&rft.date=2008&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2009" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2009), "Time, Arrow of", in Birx, H. James (ed.), <i>Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture</i>, SAGE Publications, Inc, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1412941648" title="Special:BookSources/978-1412941648"><bdi>978-1412941648</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Time%2C+Arrow+of&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Time%3A+Science%2C+Philosophy%2C+Theology%2C+%26+Culture&rft.pub=SAGE+Publications%2C+Inc&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1412941648&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2009" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2009), "Time, Asymmetry of", in Birx, H. James (ed.), <i>Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture</i>, SAGE Publications, Inc, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1412941648" title="Special:BookSources/978-1412941648"><bdi>978-1412941648</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Time%2C+Asymmetry+of&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Time%3A+Science%2C+Philosophy%2C+Theology%2C+%26+Culture&rft.pub=SAGE+Publications%2C+Inc&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1412941648&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2009" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2009), "Time, Operational Definition of", in Birx, H. James (ed.), <i>Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture</i>, SAGE Publications, Inc, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1412941648" title="Special:BookSources/978-1412941648"><bdi>978-1412941648</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Time%2C+Operational+Definition+of&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Time%3A+Science%2C+Philosophy%2C+Theology%2C+%26+Culture&rft.pub=SAGE+Publications%2C+Inc&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1412941648&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2009" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2009), "Universe, Origin of", in Birx, H. James (ed.), <i>Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture</i>, SAGE Publications, Inc, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1412941648" title="Special:BookSources/978-1412941648"><bdi>978-1412941648</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Universe%2C+Origin+of&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Time%3A+Science%2C+Philosophy%2C+Theology%2C+%26+Culture&rft.pub=SAGE+Publications%2C+Inc&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1412941648&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2009" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2009), "Planck time", in Birx, H. James (ed.), <i>Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture</i>, SAGE Publications, Inc, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1412941648" title="Special:BookSources/978-1412941648"><bdi>978-1412941648</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Planck+time&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Time%3A+Science%2C+Philosophy%2C+Theology%2C+%26+Culture&rft.pub=SAGE+Publications%2C+Inc&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1412941648&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2009" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2009), "Time, Symmetry of", in Birx, H. James (ed.), <i>Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture</i>, SAGE Publications, Inc, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1412941648" title="Special:BookSources/978-1412941648"><bdi>978-1412941648</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Time%2C+Symmetry+of&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Time%3A+Science%2C+Philosophy%2C+Theology%2C+%26+Culture&rft.pub=SAGE+Publications%2C+Inc&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1412941648&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2009" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2009), "Time, Units of", in Birx, H. James (ed.), <i>Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture</i>, SAGE Publications, Inc, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1412941648" title="Special:BookSources/978-1412941648"><bdi>978-1412941648</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Time%2C+Units+of&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Time%3A+Science%2C+Philosophy%2C+Theology%2C+%26+Culture&rft.pub=SAGE+Publications%2C+Inc&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1412941648&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2012" class="citation cs2">Stenger, Victor (2012), "Free Will and Autonomous Will", <i>Skeptic</i>, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 15–19</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Skeptic&rft.atitle=Free+Will+and+Autonomous+Will&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=15-19&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Columnist">Columnist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Columnist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1998 to 2011 Stenger wrote for the column "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csicop.org/sb/archive/category/reality_check">Reality Check</a>," in <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csicop.org/sb">Skeptical Briefs</a></i>, the quarterly newsletter of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a> (CSI).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since August 2010, he was also a regularly featured science columnist for the <a href="/wiki/Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Huffington Post">Huffington Post</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Skepticality_2012_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skepticality_2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pantheon_of_skeptics">Pantheon of skeptics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pantheon of skeptics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stenger has been included in <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">CSI</a>'s Pantheon of Skeptics. The Pantheon of Skeptics was created by CSI to remember the legacy of deceased fellows of CSI and their contributions to the cause of <a href="/wiki/Scientific_skepticism" title="Scientific skepticism">scientific skepticism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_J._Stenger&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-cv-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cv_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cv_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cv_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cv_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150416124109/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Bio/CV.pdf">"Stenger's complete CV"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. University of Colorado. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Bio/CV.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 16 April 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Stenger%27s+complete+CV&rft.pub=University+of+Colorado&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fphilosophy%2Fvstenger%2FBio%2FCV.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-patheos20140830-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-patheos20140830_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-patheos20140830_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMehta" class="citation web cs1">Mehta, Hemant. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/08/29/victor-stenger-physicist-and-prolific-atheist-author-is-dead-at-79/">"Victor Stenger, Physicist and Prolific Atheist Author, is Dead at 79"</a>. <i>Patheos</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 August</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Patheos&rft.atitle=Victor+Stenger%2C+Physicist+and+Prolific+Atheist+Author%2C+is+Dead+at+79&rft.aulast=Mehta&rft.aufirst=Hemant&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patheos.com%2Fblogs%2Ffriendlyatheist%2F2014%2F08%2F29%2Fvictor-stenger-physicist-and-prolific-atheist-author-is-dead-at-79%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Skeptic-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Skeptic_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Skeptic_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShermer2014" class="citation web cs1">Shermer, Michael (2014-09-20). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.skeptic.com/insight/the-fifth-horseman-the-insights-of-victor-stenger-1935-2014/">"The Fifth Horseman: The Insights of Victor Stenger (1935–2014)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Skeptic_(American_magazine)" title="Skeptic (American magazine)">Skeptic (American magazine)</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-06-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Fifth+Horseman%3A+The+Insights+of+Victor+Stenger+%281935%E2%80%932014%29&rft.pub=Skeptic+%28American+magazine%29&rft.date=2014-09-20&rft.aulast=Shermer&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skeptic.com%2Finsight%2Fthe-fifth-horseman-the-insights-of-victor-stenger-1935-2014%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Skepticality_2012-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Skepticality_2012_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Skepticality_2012_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.skepticality.com/les-folies-de-foi/">Audio of interview with Stenger on the podcast "Skepticality"</a> released 28 August 2012 by the <a href="/wiki/Skeptics_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Skeptics Society">Skeptics Society</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStenger2012" class="citation news cs1">Stenger, Victor J. (9 March 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/the-fall-of-foolish-faith_b_1333412.html?ref=science">"The Fall of Foolish Faith"</a>. <i>Huffington Post</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 March</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Huffington+Post&rft.atitle=The+Fall+of+Foolish+Faith&rft.date=2012-03-09&rft.aulast=Stenger&rft.aufirst=Victor+J.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fvictor-stenger%2Fthe-fall-of-foolish-faith_b_1333412.html%3Fref%3Dscience&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVictor+J.+Stenger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://old.richarddawkins.net/articles/3567">"Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings. - Victor Stenger - RichardDawkins.net"</a>. 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