Author: Lightman, Alan

Brand: VINTAGE

Color: Black

Edition: Reprint

Binding: paperback

Format: roughcut

Number Of Pages: 176

Release Date: 07-10-2014

Part Number: 22201027

Details: 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.

EAN: 0884787132419

Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English