- Published: 29 September 2020
- ISBN: 9780141991764
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $22.99
Cosmological Koans
A Journey to the Heart of Physics
- Published: 29 September 2020
- ISBN: 9780141991764
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $22.99
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