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The big picture : on the origins of life, meaning, and the universe itself / Sean Carroll.

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 Adult Non Fiction   Double Bay . On Loan . 23 May 2024
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ISBN 9781780746067 (hardback)
Author Carroll, Sean M., 1966- author.
Title The big picture : on the origins of life, meaning, and the universe itself / Sean Carroll.
Publisher/Date London : Oneworld Publications, 2016.
©2016
Pagination etc. ix, 470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Note Does human purpose and meaning fit into a scientific worldview? Already internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in modern physics, Sean Carroll is emerging as one of the greatest humanist thinkers of his generation as he brings his extraordinary intellect to bear not only on Higgs bosons and extra dimensions but now also on our deepest personal questions. Where are we? Who are we? Are our emotions, our beliefs, and our hopes and dreams ultimately meaningless out there in the void? In short chapters filled with intriguing historical anecdotes, personal asides, and rigorous exposition, readers learn the difference between how the world works at the quantum level, the cosmic level, and the human level--and then how each connects to the other. Carroll's presentation of the principles that have guided the scientific revolution from Darwin and Einstein to the origins of life, consciousness, and the universe is dazzlingly unique. Carroll shows how an avalanche of discoveries in the past few hundred years has changed our world and what really matters to us. Our lives are dwarfed like never before by the immensity of space and time, but they are redeemed by our capacity to comprehend it and give it meaning.
Subject Life -- Origin
Meaning (Philosophy)
Cosmology
Naturalism
Discoveries in science
Evolution -- Philosophy
Physical laws
Shelf Location 576.83 CARR
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