The Big Picture The Big Picture

The Big Picture

On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

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Publisher Description

The instant New York Times bestseller about humanity's place in the universe—and how we understand it.

“Vivid...impressive....Splendidly informative.”The New York Times
Succeeds spectacularly.—Science
A tour de force.Salon

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? Do human purpose and meaning fit into a scientific worldview?

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 leveland 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.

The Big Picture is an unprecedented scientific worldview, a tour de force that will sit on shelves alongside the works of Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan, Daniel Dennett, and E. O. Wilson for years to come.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2016
May 10
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
480
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
10.7
MB

Customer Reviews

jgcyivvdg ,

Brilliant

Incredible. Absolutely loved it, and needed it.

GoldieL0C ,

Serendipitous fortuity

A random to two star rating lead me hear. As a fan of Sean I simply couldn’t sit back letting a false review exist in this universe. Giving a 5 for now as I plan to start reading it. I’ll change it if necessary but I doubt it.

Artie_D ,

Exceptionally elegant and easy to understand

I want to thank Sean for a book that has such really great combination of an information rich and simplicity. Even Leonard Susskind lectures are less comprehensive than this book - WELL DONE👍🏻😎

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