Cosmological Koans
a journey to the heart of physics
$23.15
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
28 September 2020
Summary
Cosmological Koans: Riddles of the Universe
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,…
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: | 28 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 285g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 21mm |
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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 3.0A 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 PictureA truly creative exploration of physics and its profound insights into the Universe – Adam Frank, author of Light of the StarsThe 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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