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Title Statement | Probable impossibilities: musings on beginnings and endings / Alan Lightman. |
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Author | Lightman, Alan P., 1948- |
Publication | New York: Pantheon Books,[2021]©2021 |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 197 pages |
ISBN | 9781524749019 152474901X |
Other Number | 3904790 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses. |
Summary | "Before the discovery of quarks, we hadn't imagined anything smaller than protons and neutrons. Are quarks the end of the line, the smallest imaginable objects in nature? Can the universe be divided into infinitely smaller units in the same way the universe is ever-expanding? Alan Lightman explores these questions in his characteristic accessible and lyrical prose, considering the igniting element behind consciousness, the origin of life, the anatomy of a smile, our fickle memories. Probable Impossibilities brings together recently published and four original essays. Throughout, Lightman guides a discussion on what we know of the universe, life, the mind, and the conception of things vastly larger than ourselves in time and space"--Provided by publisher. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Physics--Philosophy |
Philosophy of mind | |
Metaphysics | |
Cosmology |