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Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing
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January 2012
On Sale: January 10, 2012
244 pages
ISBN: 145162445X
EAN: 9781451624458
Kindle: B004T4KQJS
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“WHERE DID THE UNIVERSE COME FROM?WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE IT?
WHAT WILL THE FUTURE BRING? AND FINALLY, WHY IS THERE
SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING?” Lawrence Krauss’s provocative answers to these and other
timeless questions in a wildly popular lecture now on
YouTube have attracted almost a million viewers. The last of
these questions in particular has been at the center of
religious and philosophical debates about the existence of
God, and it’s the supposed counterargument to anyone who
questions the need for God. As Krauss argues, scientists
have, however, historically focused on other, more pressing
issues—such as figuring out how the universe actually
functions, which can ultimately help us to improve the
quality of our lives. Now, in a cosmological story that rivets as it enlightens,
pioneering theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explains
the groundbreaking new scientific advances that turn the
most basic philosophical questions on their heads. One of
the few prominent scientists today to have actively crossed
the chasm between science and popular culture, Krauss
reveals that modern science is addressing the question of
why there is something rather than nothing, with surprising
and fascinating results. The staggeringly beautiful
experimental observations and mind-bending new theories are
all described accessibly in A Universe from Nothing, and
they suggest that not only can something arise from nothing,
something will always arise from nothing. With his characteristic wry humor and wonderfully clear
explanations, Krauss takes us back to the beginning of the
beginning, presenting the most recent evidence for how our
universe evolved—and the implications for how it’s going to
end. It will provoke, challenge, and delight readers as it
looks at the most basic underpinnings of existence in a
whole new way. And this knowledge that our universe will be
quite different in the future from today has profound
implications and directly affects how we live in the
present. As Richard Dawkins has described it: This could
potentially be the most important scientific book with
implications for supernaturalism since Darwin. A fascinating antidote to outmoded philosophical and
religious thinking, A Universe from Nothing is a
provocative, game-changing entry into the debate about the
existence of God and everything that exists. “Forget Jesus,”
Krauss has argued, “the stars died so you could be born.”
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