{"product_id":"the-secret-history-of-the-universe-how-ancient-wisdom-made-the-modern-world-9798228821002","title":"The Secret History of the Universe: How Ancient Wisdom Made the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mythology and ancient esoteric beliefs are finally found in cutting-edge science.\"--Rick Rubin, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Creative Act \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the global bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of the World\u003c\/i\u003e comes an epic new history of the relationship between spiritual belief and cutting-edge science. Includes beautiful black-and-white illustrations throughout.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman beings have a deep-rooted desire to find something worth believing in. But there is a widespread assumption that science is at odds with spiritual belief and offers the only intelligent way to think about the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this epic new history, Mark Booth offers an alternative view, showing us how the great geniuses of modern science, from Marie Curie, Nikola Tesla, and Albert Einstein to today's architects of AI, turned instead to secret, mystical, and \"higher\" teachings, including Indian mysticism and Freemasonry, to make sense of the strange phenomena they were encountering. Experimenting with alternative states of consciousness, they risked isolation and even madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere then is the dark, dramatic story of modern science--of love, betrayal, attempted murder, multiple suicides, sexual experimentation, and transgression--from which unfolds the awe-inspiring discoveries which have transformed our lives for good, and potentially for evil. For just as the work of J. Robert Oppenheimer and others ended the Second World War but brought humanity to the brink of extinction, so, too, has the spectacular growth of AI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result of many years of research, and deep conversations with prominent academics in the field, this book takes us on an exhilarating journey, in the company of some of the greatest minds of our age, toward a deeper understanding of our place in the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Booth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blackstone Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228821002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooth, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Booth\u003c\/strong\u003e was educated at Ipswich School and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy and Theology. After a long career in publishing, he now writes full time. Booth is the author of the global bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Secret History of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Secret History of Dante: Unearthing the Mysteries of the Inferno\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sacred History of the World: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made our World\u003c\/em\u003e. His books are the result of a lifetime spent reading literature in this area, publishing many of the leading authors in the field and hanging around antiquarian bookshops. He and his wife live in the south of England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mark Booth \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48397199081629,"sku":"9798228821002","price":47.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2344c698-8f5f-454c-8340-38b5bfb01ef8.jpg?v=1781075860","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-secret-history-of-the-universe-how-ancient-wisdom-made-the-modern-world-9798228821002","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}