The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

SelectedbyTheNewYorkTimesBookReviewasaNotableBookoftheYearAboldandall-embracingexplorationofthenatureandprogressofknowledgefromoneoftoday'sgreatthinkers.Throughouthistory,mankindhasstruggledtounderstandlife'smysteries,fromthemundanetotheseeminglymiraculous.Inthisimportantnewbook,DavidDeutsch,anaward-winningpioneerinthefieldofquantumcomputation,arguesthatexplanationshaveafundamentalplaceintheuniverse.Theyhaveunlimitedscopeandpowertocausechange,andthequesttoimprovethemisthebasicregulatingprinciplenotonlyofsciencebutofall...