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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Aguirre, Anthony (Anthony Nicholas), author.     Subjects     Physics -- Miscellanea.     Cosmology -- Miscellanea.     Koan.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Aguirre, Anthony (Anthony Nicholas), author.       by title:      Cosmological Koans :...         MARC Display

Cosmological Koans : a journey to the heart of physical reality / Anthony Aguirre. by Aguirre, Anthony (Anthony Nicholas), author. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019] Subjects Physics -- Miscellanea.   Cosmology -- Miscellanea.   Koan. ISBN:  9780393609219 (hardcover) : 0393609219 (hardcover) : Description:  xvi, 373 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A leading physicist unravels the mysteries of the universe through pleasingly paradoxical Zen- style vignettes. Cosmological Koans takes a fresh approach to explaining the most mind- bending concepts in physics and cosmology by invoking the ancient Zen tradition of the Koan. Anthony Aguirre presents more than fifty beguiling Koans (Could there be a civilization in a mote of dust? How much of your fate have you made? Who cleans the universe?) that explore the strange hinterland between the deep structure of the physical world and our personal experience of it. Aguirre covers cosmic questions from the nature of time to the origin of multiple universes, and shows how scientific giants from Aristotle to Galileo to Heisenberg have grappled with them. A playful and enlightening book, Cosmological Koans gives readers what Einstein himself called 'the most beautiful and deepest experience' anyone can have: a sense of the mysterious"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 530 Ag Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530 Aguirre Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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