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Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physical Reality
Could there be a civilization on a mote of dust? How much of your fate have you made? Using pleasingly paradoxical vignettes, known as Koans, that follow the ancient Zen tradition and have a flair for explaining complex science, physicist Anthony Aguirre tackles cosmic questions from the meaning of quantum theory and the nature of time to the origin of multiple universes.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: May 19th, 2020
- Pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.40in - 1.10in - 0.65lb
- EAN: 9780393358315
- Categories: • Space Science - Cosmology• Buddhist• Physics - General
About the Author
Aguirre, Anthony: - Anthony Aguirre is professor of physics at the University of California-Santa Cruz and cofounder of the Foundational Questions Institute. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.
Praise for this book
[Cosmological Koans] 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] 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
There is nothing like Cosmological Koans on the shelves.... I can think of no other book that so effectively elicits a sense of wonder.--Jenann T. Ismael, author of How Physics Makes Us Free