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Cosmological Koans Anthony Aguirre

Cosmological Koans By Anthony Aguirre

Cosmological Koans by Anthony Aguirre


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Cosmological Koans Summary

Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physics by Anthony Aguirre

'A gem of a book' Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

'A unique and beautifully written masterpiece' Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0


Could there be a civilization on a mote of dust? How much of your fate have you made? Who cleans the universe?

Through more than fifty Koans - pleasingly paradoxical vignettes following the ancient Zen tradition - leading physicist Anthony Aguirre takes us across the world from Japan to Italy, and through ideas spanning the age, breadth and depth of the Universe. Using these beguiling stories and a flair for explaining complex science, he covers cosmic questions that giants from Aristotle to Galileo to Heisenberg have grappled with - from the nature of time to the origin of multiple universes to the meaning of quantum theory.

Playful and enlightening, Cosmological Koans invites the reader into an intellectual adventure of the highest order, giving us what Einstein called 'the most beautiful and deepest experience' anyone can have - a sense of the mysterious.

Cosmological Koans Reviews

This unique and beautifully written masterpiece transforms the deepest mysteries of our universe into a captivating and accessible quest for personal enlightenment -- Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0
A gem of a book -- Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
A delight for readers raised on Goedel, Escher, Bach and The Dancing Wu Li Masters * Kirkus *
This is calisthenics for the mind - it will stretch your imagination almost to the breaking point, and your understanding of reality will come away more healthy and flexible than before -- Sean Carroll, author of The Big Picture
A truly creative exploration of physics and its profound insights into the Universe -- Adam Frank, author of Light of the Stars
The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics. . . What Aguirre does remarkably well is to find a way of threading many of the most interesting questions in theoretical physics onto a single narrative chain. . . At its heart the book offers a compelling answer to the question of how to talk about the un-talk-about-able -- Gilead Amit * The New Scientist *

About Anthony Aguirre

Anthony Aguirre is a professor of physics at the University of California-Santa Cruz and co-founder of the Foundational Questions Institute.

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CIN0241422213G
9780241422212
0241422213
Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physics by Anthony Aguirre
Used - Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20190926
400
N/A
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