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04017aam a22005418i 4500 001 E5B5E07A17A811EDAB416C554FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 220115s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021046360 020 $a 1984879456 020 $a 9781984879455 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a QC6 $b .H656 2022 082 00 $2 23/eng20220228 100 1 $a Hossenfelder, Sabine, $d 1976- $e author. 245 10 $a EXISTENTIAL PHYSICS / $c Sabine Hossenfelder. 263 $a 2207 264 1 $a [New York, New York] : $b Viking, $c [2022] 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Does the past still exist? -- How did the universe begin? How will it end? -- Why doesn't anyone ever get younger? -- Are you just a bag of atoms? -- Do copies of us exist? -- Has physics ruled out free will? -- Was the universe made for us? -- Does the universe think? -- Are humans predictable? -- Epilogue. What's the purpose of anything anyway? 520 $a "A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human condition Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. On the other hand, the idea that the universe itself is conscious is difficult to rule out entirely. According to Sabine Hossenfelder, it is not a coincidence that quantum entanglement and vacuum energy have become the go-to explanations of alternative healers, or that people believe their deceased grandmother is still alive because of quantum mechanics. Science and religion have the same roots, and they still tackle some of the same questions: Where do we come from? Where do we go to? How much can we know? The area of science that is closest to answering these questions is physics. Over thelast century, physicists have learned a lot about which spiritual ideas are still compatible with the laws of nature. Not always, though, have they stayed on the scientific side of the debate. In this lively, thought-provoking book, Hossenfelder takes onthe biggest questions in physics: Does the past still exist? Do particles think? Was the universe made for us? Has physics ruled out free will? Will we ever have a theory of everything? She lays out how far physicists are on the way to answering these questions, where the current limits are, and what questions might well remain unanswerable forever. Her book offers a no-nonsense yet entertaining take on some of the toughest riddles in existence, and will give the reader a solid grasp on what we know-and what we don't know"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Physics $x Philosophy. $9 74020 650 0 $a Cosmology. $9 65295 650 0 $a Quantum theory. $9 70852 650 0 $a Meaning (Philosophy) $9 72627 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Hossenfelder, Sabine, 1976- $t More than this $d [New York, New York] : Viking, [2022] $z 9781984879462 $w (DLC) 2021046361 941 $a 17 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020219.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409042856.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314024409.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024408.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231010010840.0 952 $l WAPD715 $d 20230817010406.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20230606011147.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230303011051.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20230214011318.0 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210024947.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20221104010549.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20221102010446.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20221022011823.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20221005014711.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20221004020411.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220909011456.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220902012448.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E5B5E07A17A811EDAB416C554FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search