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From renowned physicist and creator of the YouTube series “Science without the Gobbledygook,” a book that takes a no-nonsense approach to life’s biggest questions, and wrestles with what physics really 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 a scientific, 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.
In this lively, thought-provoking book, Hossenfelder takes on the 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.
В этой яркой, наводящей на размышления книге Хоссенфельдер поднимает самые важные вопросы физики: существует ли еще прошлое? Думают ли частицы? Была ли Вселенная создана для нас? Физика исключает свободу воли? Будет ли у нас когда-нибудь теория всего? Она рассказывает, как далеко продвинулись физики к ответам на эти вопросы, где находятся текущие пределы и какие вопросы вполне могут остаться без ответа навсегда. Ее книга предлагает серьезный, но занимательный взгляд на некоторые из самых сложных загадок, которые существуют, и даст читателю четкое представление о том, что мы знаем, и чего мы не знаем.
Preface
A Warning
One. DOES THE PAST STILL EXIST?
Two. HOW DID THE UNIVERSE BEGIN? HOW WILL IT END?
Other Voices #1. IS MATH ALL THERE IS? An Interview with Tim Palmer
Three. WHY DOESN’T ANYONE EVER GET YOUNGER?
Four. ARE YOU JUST A BAG OF ATOMS?
Other Voices #2. IS KNOWLEDGE PREDICTABLE? An Interview with David Deutsch
Five. DO COPIES OF US EXIST?
Six. HAS PHYSICS RULED OUT FREE WILL?
Other Voices #3. IS CONSCIOUSNESS COMPUTABLE? An Interview with Roger Penrose
Seven. WAS THE UNIVERSE MADE FOR US?
Eight. DOES THE UNIVERSE THINK?
Other Voices #4. CAN WE CREATE A UNIVERSE? An Interview with Zeeya Merali
Nine. ARE HUMANS PREDICTABLE?
Epilogue. WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF ANYTHING ANYWAY?