The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew by Lightman, Alan

The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew

With passion and curiosity, Alan Lightman explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by recent discoveries in...
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Author: Alan Lightman
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The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew by Lightman, Alan

The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew

$38.77

The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew

$38.77
Author: Alan Lightman
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.

Author: Alan Lightman
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/07/2014
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780345805959

About the Author

Alan Lightman is the author of six novels, including the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis, which was a National Book Award finalist. He is also the author of two collections of essays and several books on science. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Granta, Harper's Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and Nature, among other publications. A theoretical physicist as well as a writer, he has served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He lives in the Boston area.


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