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Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
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96/100Author:
Brian Greene
Publisher:
Knopf
Date:
February 18, 2020
The world-renowned physicist and author of The Elegant Universe takes readers on a journey from the big bang to the end of time and invites us to ponder the meaning of humanity in the face of this unimaginable expanseâinvestigating how we came to be, where we are now, and where we are headed.
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Our knowledge of our impermanence, Mr. Greene stresses, might just be what lures us to search for the eternal.
With its scepticism of religion but openness to humanistic wonder, awe of nature, celebration of the individual and recognition of the power of physical law, the narrative has a strong whiff of transcendentalism.
... encyclopedic in its ambition and its erudition, often heartbreaking, stuffed with too many profundities that I wanted to quote, as well as potted descriptions of the theories of a galaxy of contemporary thinkers, from Chomsky to Hawking, and anecdotes from Greene’s own life — of which we should wish for more — that had me laughing.
He serves broad, high level summaries of ideas from physics, biology, neuroscience, philosophy, the arts, storytelling, and anthropology. He provides enough background to follow the meat of the discussion but he doesn’t water it down for nonspecialists. There’s tremendous joy in witnessing a brilliant and curious mind wrestle with such profound issues. He takes readers on a remarkable journey..
