Why does the world exist? : an existential detective story
Holt, Jim
Why does the world exist? : an existential detective story / Jim Holt - New York : Liveright Pub. Corp. , 2012 - 307 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
The metaphysical mystery of how we came into existence remains the most fractious and fascinating questions of all time. Jim Holt examines our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe, contending that we have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God versus the Big Bang. The result is Why Does the World Exist? - a work that becomes philosophy in its own right.
9780871403599
2012015177
Cosmology
BD511 / .H65 2012
113 HOL
Why does the world exist? : an existential detective story / Jim Holt - New York : Liveright Pub. Corp. , 2012 - 307 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
The metaphysical mystery of how we came into existence remains the most fractious and fascinating questions of all time. Jim Holt examines our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe, contending that we have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God versus the Big Bang. The result is Why Does the World Exist? - a work that becomes philosophy in its own right.
9780871403599
2012015177
Cosmology
BD511 / .H65 2012
113 HOL