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Why Does The World Exist?
Jim Holt
An Existential Detective Story
Liveright
July 2012
On Sale: July 16, 2012
307 pages
ISBN: 0871404095
EAN: 9780871404091
Kindle: B007HXL016
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Mystery
In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent
sleuth traces the riddle of existence from the ancient world
to modern times. Whether framed philosophically as “Why is there a world
rather than nothing at all?” or more colloquially as “But,
Mommy, who made God?” the metaphysical mystery about how we
came into existence remains the most fractious and
fascinating question of all time. Following in the footsteps
of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose, and even Stephen
Hawking, Jim Holt emerges with an engrossing narrative that
traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the
universe. As he takes on the role of cosmological detective,
the brilliant yet slyly humorous Holt contends that we might
have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God vs. the
Big Bang. Whether interviewing a cranky Oxford philosopher,
a Physics Nobel Laureate, or a French Buddhist monk, Holt
pursues unexplored and often bizarre angles to this cosmic
puzzle. The result is a brilliant synthesis of cosmology,
mathematics, and physics—one that propels his own work to
the level of philosophy itself.
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