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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 book that will become a classic of its kind"--
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
May 24, 2016, Gildan Media on Dreamscape Audio
audio cd
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
May 24, 2016, Dreamscape Media
audio cd
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Nachalo beskonechnosti: obʺi͡asnenii͡a, kotorye meni͡ai͡ut mir
2014, ANF
in Russian
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
Apr 24, 2012, Penguin Books
paperback
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The beginning of infinity: explanations that transform the world
2011, Viking Adult
in English
0670022756 9780670022755
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Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
2011, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
0141969695 9780141969695
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The Beginning of Infinity
January 29, 2009, Penguin Books Ltd, Penguin Books
Paperback
0140278168 9780140278163
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The Beginning of Infinity (Allen Lane Science)
August 28, 2008, Allen Lane
Hardcover
0713992743 9780713992748
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