The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew-
Book Details
Author(s)Alan Lightman
PublisherVintage
ISBN / ASIN034580595X
ISBN-139780345805959
AvailabilityExpédition sous 1 à 2 jours ouvrés
Sales Rank183,064
CategoryScience
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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.
