What We Cannot Know
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Rating | : | 4.74 (823 Votes) |
Asin | : | B01CPVFWOU |
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Number of Pages | : | 381 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-03-20 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Entertaining and insightful modern review of physical theory Herbert Gintis Reading this book is like sitting down with a gifted thinker and listening to his stories about exploring the brilliant success and remaining mysteries of modern physics and logic. It is entertaining and informative even if you know the issues involved, and can be appreciated even if they are new to you.. Emre Sevinc said Discovering the state-of-the-art while trying to answer the most difficult question. If you've missed your share of popular science books on physics, cosmology, mathematics, and neuroscience during the last two decades, then this book can be a not-so-bad starting point. The author has a very down to earth style, and manages to be engaging at the same time. His objective is clear: are there aspects of live, universe, and everything that are in principle unknowable? Are there ha. Five Stars The person receiving the gift was delighted!
Where did we come from? What is the ultimate destiny of the universe? What are the building blocks of the physical world? What is consciousness? What We Cannot Know asks us to rein in this unbridled enthusiasm for the power of science. Science is giving us unprecedented insight into some of the big questions that have challenged humanity ever since we've been able to formulate those questions. Are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe? Are some regions of the future beyond the predictive powers of science and mathematics? Is time before the big bang a no-go arena? Are there ideas so complex that they are beyond the conception of our finite human brains? Can brains even investigate themselves, or does the analysis enter an infinite loop from which it is impossible to rescu