Cosmological Koans invites the reader into an intellectual adventure of the highest order. Through more than fifty Koans—pleasingly paradoxical vignettes foll
The prize-winning essays in this book address the fascinating but sometimes uncomfortable relationship between physics and mathematics. Is mathematics merely an
The essays in this book look at way in which the fundaments of physics might need to be changed in order to make progress towards a unified theory. They are bas
For a brief time in history, it was possible to imagine that a sufficiently advanced intellect could, given sufficient time and resources, in principle understa
This collection of prize-winning essays addresses the controversial question of how meaning and goals can emerge in a physical world governed by mathematical la
