Cosmological Koans
A Journey to the Heart of Physics
$32.74
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2020
Summary
A delightful intellectual adventure that brings together physics and ancient philosophy.
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 the reader across the world from Japan to Italy, and through ideas spanning the age, breadth, and depth of the Universe. Using these beguiling…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141991764 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141991763 |
| Author: | Anthony Aguirre |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
A gem of a book
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 Gödel, 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 The Author
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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