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The Beginning of Infinity : Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch (2011, Hardcover)

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Selected by "The New York Times Book Review" as a Notable Book of the Year A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that "explanations" have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor. This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach, according to Deutsch: we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve. In his previous book, "The Fabric of Reality," Deutsch describe the four deepest strands of existing knowledge-the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation-arguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality. In this new book, he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species. Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice, optimism, scientific explanation, and the evolution of culture, "The Beginning of Infinity" is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670022756
ISBN-13
9780670022755
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99376501

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Beginning of Infinity : Explanations That Transform the World
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Infinity
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Mathematics
Author
David Deutsch
Format
Hardcover

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1.6 in
Item Weight
25 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Weight
25 Oz

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Trade
LCCN
2011-004120
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Brilliant and exhilarating...Deutsch is so smart, and so strange, and so creative, and so inexhaustibly curious, and so vividly intellectually alive, that it is a distinct privilege to spend time in his head. He writes as if what he is giving us amounts to a tight, grand, cumulative system of ideas...he is well worth getting to know, and we are very lucky indeed to have him." -David Albert, The New York Times Book Review "[Deutsch's books] are among the most ambitious works of nonfiction I have read, in that their aim is no less than an explanation of all reality...they are treatises that weave together not just physics and astronomy but biology, mathematics, computer science, political science, psychology, philosophy, aesthetics and - most important for Deutsch - epistemology, among other fields, in fashioning a profound new view of the world and the universe. They are guaranteed to be either provocative or life-changing." -Nathaniel Stein, The Book Bench ( The New Yorker ) "Provocative and persuasive...Mr. Deutsch's previous tome, The Fabric of Reality , took a broad-ranging sweep... The Beginning of Infinity is equally bold, addressing subjects from artificial intelligence to the evolution of culture and of creativity; its conclusions are just as profound." - The Economist "Building upward and outward from the foundation laid in The Fabric of Reality , Deutsch tells a coherent and compelling story about topics as diverse as why flowers (and faces) are beautiful, the mathematical impossibility of fairly apportioning seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, why it's harder to be a conformist than you think, and which cultures can and cannot sustain themselves (hint: the conformists are doomed). Once you have been exposed to his extraordinarily original worldview-or perhaps multiverse-view-it's impossible to see these and many other topics in quite the same way again." -Neal Stephenson, author of Anathem and Cryptonomicon "Reading The Beginning of Infinity is as fun as reading Philip K. Dick and as illuminating as reading Bertrand Russell. Deutsch teaches us how to understand that what is counterintuitive may be true; he teaches us this so well that it may even become intuitive. This book is truly marvelous." -Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances
Publication Date
2011-07-21
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Age Range
18
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
501
Lc Classification Number
Q175.32.E97d48 2011
Copyright Date
2011

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by penguin626Mar 19, 2013
Buy this book and read it again and again.
This is a remarkable book by a remarkable thinker. I think it is fair to say that it is impossible to read (not SKIM) this book without it having a serious affect on one's vision of the world, and our place in it. Professor Deutsch is a world-renowned expert in physics, computer science, and the multiverse theory. More than that, even, he makes a powerful case for the philosophy of optimism (which he defines carefully) and in our ability to solve problems. As a retired physicist, I am not sure I can buy all of Professor Deutsch's conclusions about quantum computers, the multiverse, et.al. But I can say, without reservation, that not to read this book is to miss something of importance. Spend a few books and buy it!!!

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