A Universe from Nothing: why there is something rather than nothing - Softcover

Lawrence M. Krauss

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471112683 ISBN 13: 9781471112683

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2012

Synopsis

Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the biggest philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from? Why does anything exist? And how is it all going to end? 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is the question atheists and scientists are always asked, and until now there has not been a satisfying scientific answer. Today, exciting scientific advances provide new insight into this cosmological mystery: not only can something arise from nothing, but something will always arise from nothing. A mind-bending trip back to the beginning of the beginning, A Universe from Nothing authoritatively presents the most recent evidence that explains how our universe evolved - and the implications for how it's going to end. It will provoke, challenge, and delight readers to look at the most basic underpinnings of existence in a whole new way. In the words of Richard Dawkins: this could potentially be the most important scientific book since Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

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Review:

Where did the universe come from? American cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss jousts with religious creationists in this trenchant book...thought-provoking --Sunday Telegraph

In this introduction to cosmology, the theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explains how recent experimental observations have proved that it is scientifically possible for something to arise from nothing , providing further evidence for the Big Bang...he shows that science has an answer to what is often regarded as a theological question and that s certainly not nothing --Independent on Sunday

Science v philosophy: which can answer the big questions of life --Observer

About the Author:

Lawrence M. Krauss is director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University. He is the author of more than 300 scientific publications and nine books, and the recipient of numerous international awards for his research and writing. Hailed by Scientific American as a 'rare scientific public intellectual', he is also a regular columnist for newspapers and magazines and appears frequently on radio and television.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1471112683
• ISBN 13: 9781471112683
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224