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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
Written by David Deutsch
Narrated by Walter Dixon
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A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers.
Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor. This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach, according to Deutsch: we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve.
In his previous book, The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch describe the four deepest strands of existing knowledge-the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation-arguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality. In this new book, he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species. Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice, optimism, scientific explanation, and the evolution of culture, The Beginning of Infinity is a groundbreaking audio book that will become a classic of its kind.
Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor. This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach, according to Deutsch: we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve.
In his previous book, The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch describe the four deepest strands of existing knowledge-the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation-arguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality. In this new book, he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species. Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice, optimism, scientific explanation, and the evolution of culture, The Beginning of Infinity is a groundbreaking audio book that will become a classic of its kind.
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David Deutsch
David Deutsch did not know he would travel this far in writing but is anxious to see where it all goes from here. Apart from writing, he loves watching movies, telling jokes, and exercising. As far as a life philosophy, he believes we should listen first, think second, speak last and not worry so much about being right since ‘incorrect is not the same as ignorant.’
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Must read for a curious mind. Enjoy every bit of it, will reread for a deeper dive.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved the chapter about choices, creativity, ideas as static and dynamic memes. On how static society’s by exist from surpassing creativity lead to evolution of even better creativity.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5this is just for the table of contents
it’s totally useless
chapter 1 without a title tells me nothing. I want to be able to go back to a chapter but there’s no way for me to remember it if there’s no title. this is not a physical book that I can leaf through and find what I want, please make it a little easier.