A Universe From NothingInternationally renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the biggest philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from? Why does anything exist? And how is it all going to end? 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is the question atheists and scientists are always asked, and until now there has not been a satisfying scientific answer. Today, exciting scientific advances provide new insight into this cosmological mystery: not only can something arise from nothing, but something will always arise from nothing. A mind-bending trip back to the beginning of the beginning, A Universe from Nothing authoritatively presents the most recent evidence that explains how our universe evolved - and the implications for how it's going to end. It will provoke, challenge, and delight readers to look at the most basic underpinnings of existence in a whole new way. In the words of Richard Dawkins: this could potentially be the most important scientific book since Darwin's On the Origin of Species. |
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User Review - LisCarey - www.librarything.comThis book is on the one hand a delight, and on the other hand a disappointment. It's a lively and interesting look at current physics--or at least, physics as of 2011; developments have continued ... Read full review
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User Review - Razinha - LibraryThingA wonderful, very readable book...makes cosmology accessible to anyone (without the math, of course). Krauss sprinkles a few digs (on the First cause argument: "These issues have been debated and ... Read full review
Contents
Beginnings | |
Weighing the Universe | |
Light from the Beginning of Time | |
Much Ado About Nothing | |
The Runaway Universe | |
The Free Lunch at the End of the Universe | |
Our Miserable Future | |
A Grand Accident? | |
Nothing Is Something | |
Nothing Is Unstable | |
Brave New Worlds | |
Epilogue | |
Afterword by Richard Dawkins | |
Index | |
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A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing Lawrence M. Krauss Limited preview - 2012 |
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing Lawrence M. Krauss Limited preview - 2012 |
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing Lawrence M. Krauss No preview available - 2013 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Universe From Nothing |
| Author | Lawrence M. Krauss |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1471112691, 9781471112690 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / General Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects Science / Physics / General |
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