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What We Cannot Know - From Consciousness to the Cosmos, the Cutting Edge of Science Explained (Paperback)
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What We Cannot Know - From Consciousness to the Cosmos, the Cutting Edge of Science Explained (Paperback)
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'Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the
recondite accessible and exciting' Bill Bryson Britain's most
famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us
what we cannot know. Is the universe infinite? Do we know what
happened before the Big Bang? Where is human consciousness located
in the brain? And are there more undiscovered particles out there,
beyond the Higgs boson? In the modern world, science is king:
weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and
numerous mathematical problems, once indecipherable, have now been
solved. But are there limits to what we can discover about our
physical universe? In this very personal journey to the edges of
knowledge, Marcus du Sautoy investigates how leading experts in
fields from quantum physics and cosmology, to sensory perception
and neuroscience, have articulated the current lie of the land. In
doing so, he travels to the very boundaries of understanding,
questioning contradictory stories and consulting cutting edge data.
Is it possible that we will one day know everything? Or are there
fields of research that will always lie beyond the bounds of human
comprehension? And if so, how do we cope with living in a universe
where there are things that will forever transcend our
understanding? In What We Cannot Know, Marcus du Sautoy leads us on
a thought-provoking expedition to the furthest reaches of modern
science. Prepare to be taken to the edge of knowledge to find out
if there's anything we truly cannot know.
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