Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings

by Alan Lightman

Book Overview

The acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreams tackles big questions like the origin of the universe and the nature of consciousness ... in an entertaining and easily digestible way" (Wall Street Journal) with a collection of meditative essays on the possibilities--and impossibilities--of nothingness and infinity, and how our place in the cosmos falls somewhere in between.

Can space be divided into smaller and smaller units,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152474901X
• ISBN13: 9781524749019
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 7.8"