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Cosmological Koans
- Author
- Anthony Aguirre
- Narrator
- Jonathan Todd Ross
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 26 September 2019
- Run Time
- 12 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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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 Koans and a flair for explaining complex science, Aguirre covers cosmic questions that scientific giants from Aristotle to Galileo to Heisenberg have grappled with, from the meaning of quantum theory and the nature of time to the origin of multiple universes.
Playful and enlightening, Cosmological Koans explores the strange hinterland between the deep structure of the physical world and our personal experience of it, giving us what Einstein himself called "the most beautiful and deepest experience" anyone can have: a sense of the mysterious.
Critics Review
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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
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A gem of a book
Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
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A delight for readers raised on Gödel, Escher, Bach and The Dancing Wu Li Masters
Kirkus
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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
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A truly creative exploration of physics and its profound insights into the Universe
Adam Frank, author of Light of the Stars
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Details
- Author
- Anthony Aguirre
- Narrator
- Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duration
- 12 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9780241431061
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Cosmology and the universe, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Popular science
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. 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 Koans and a flair for explaining complex science, Aguirre covers cosmic questions that scientific giants from Aristotle to Galileo to Heisenberg have grappled with, from the meaning of quantum theory and the nature of time to the origin of multiple universes.Playful and enlightening, Cosmological Koans explores the strange hinterland between the deep structure of the physical world and our personal experience of it, giving us what Einstein himself called "the most beautiful and deepest experience" anyone can have: a sense of the mysterious.
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