Cosmological Koans

This unique and beautifully written masterpiece transforms the deepest mysteries of our universe into a captivating and accessible quest for personal enlightenment

Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0

A gem of a book

Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

A delight for readers raised on Gödel, Escher, Bach and The Dancing Wu Li Masters

Kirkus

This is calisthenics for the mind - it will stretch your imagination almost to the breaking point, and your understanding of reality will come away more healthy and flexible than before

Sean Carroll, author of The Big Picture

A truly creative exploration of physics and its profound insights into the Universe

Adam Frank, author of Light of the Stars

The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics. . . What Aguirre does remarkably well is to find a way of threading many of the most interesting questions in theoretical physics onto a single narrative chain. . . At its heart the book offers a compelling answer to the question of how to talk about the un-talk-about-able

Gilead Amit, The New Scientist