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Author Aguirre, Anthony (Anthony Nicholas), author.

Title Cosmological Koans : a journey to the heart of physical reality / Anthony Aguirre.

Publisher New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
©2019

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 Curtis ML Adult Non Fiction  530 Aquirre 2019    AVAILABLE  
 LewPL Nonfiction  530 A284c    AVAILABLE  
 Rumford Non-Fic  530 Agu    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition.
Physical Description xvi, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Note Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "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. With a flair for explaining complex science, 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Physics -- Miscellanea.
Cosmology -- Miscellanea.