The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew Contributor(s): Lightman, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 034580595X ISBN-13: 9780345805959 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Cosmology - Science | Astronomy - Science | Physics - Astrophysics |
Dewey: 523.1 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.55 lbs) 176 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: With passion and curiosity, Alan Lightman explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by recent discoveries in science. 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. |