Acknowledgements vi
Introduction vii
1 The Reach of Explanations
1(33)
2 Closer to Reality
34(8)
3 The Spark
42(36)
4 Creation
78(29)
5 The Reality of Abstractions
107(18)
6 The Jump to Universality
125(23)
7 Artificial Creativity
148(16)
8 A Window on Infinity
164(32)
9 Optimism
196(27)
10 A Dream of Socrates
223(35)
11 The Multiverse
258(47)
12 A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy
305(21)
13 Choices
326(27)
14 Why are Flowers Beautiful?
353(16)
15 The Evolution of Culture
369(29)
16 The Evolution of Creativity
398(20)
17 Unsustainable
418(25)
18 The Beginning
443(17)
Bibliography 460(3)
Index 463