The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780345805959ISBN-10:034580595XUPC:9780345805959Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, PhysicsBook Topic:Cosmology, Astronomy, AstrophysicsSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCNWQWS5HB
The bestselling author of Einsteins Dreams explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by recent discoveries in science with passion and curiosity. He looks at the dialogue between science and religion; the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature; the possibility that our universe is simply an accident; the manner in which modern technology has separated us from direct experience of the world; and our resistance to the view that our bodies and minds can be explained by scientific logic and laws. Behind all of these considerations is the suggestion--at once haunting and exhilarating--that what we see and understand of the world is only a tiny piece of the extraordinary, perhaps unfathomable whole.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780345805959ISBN-10:034580595XUPC:9780345805959Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, PhysicsBook Topic:Cosmology, Astronomy, AstrophysicsSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCNWQWS5HB
ALAN LIGHTMAN is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis, a finalist for the National Book Award. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science. He is a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT.
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