The big picture
on the origins of life meaning and the universe itself
Book - 2016
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| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Dutton,
[2016]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Carroll, Sean M., |d 1966- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The big picture : |b on the origins of life, meaning, and the universe itself / |c Sean Carroll. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, New York : |b Dutton, |c [2016] | |
| 300 | |a ix, 470 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The fundamental nature of reality -- Poetic naturalism -- The world moves by itself -- What determines what will happen next? -- Reasons why -- Our universe -- Time's arrow -- Memories and causes -- Learning about the world -- Updating our knowledge -- Is it okay to doubt everything? -- Reality emerges -- What exists, and what is illusion? -- Planets of belief -- Accepting uncertainty -- What can we know about the universe without looking at it? -- Who am I? -- Abducting God -- How much we know -- The quantum realm -- Interpreting quantum mechanics -- The core theory -- The stuff of which we are made -- The effective theory of the everyday world -- Why does the universe exist? -- Body and soul -- Death is the end -- The universe in a cup of coffee -- Light and life -- Funneling energy -- Spontaneous organization -- The origin and purpose of life -- Evolution's bootstraps -- Searching through the landscape -- Emergent purpose -- Are we the point? -- Crawling into consciousness -- The babbling brain -- What thinks? -- The hard problem -- Zombies and stories -- Are photons conscious? -- What acts on what? -- Freedom to choose -- Billion heartbeats -- What is and what ought to be -- Rules and consequences -- Constructing goodness -- Listening to the world -- Existential therapy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Life |x Origin. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Meaning (Philosophy) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cosmology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Naturalism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Discoveries in science. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Evolution |x Philosophy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Physical laws. | |
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