Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physical Reality

by Anthony Aguirre

Book Overview

Through more than fifty Koans--pleasingly paradoxical vignettes following the ancient Zen tradition--leading physicist Anthony Aguirre takes the reader across the world from West to East, and through ideas spanning the age, breadth, and depth of the Universe.

Using these beguiling Koans (Could there be a civilization on a mote of dust? How much of your fate have you made? Who cleans the universe?) and a flair for explaining complex science,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393609219
• ISBN13: 9780393609219
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"