The rigor of angels Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the ultimate nature of reality
"A monumental and riveting account of how a poet, a physicist, and a philosopher pursued truth to the very limits of human apprehension and revealed the fundamental nature of our place in the universe. Spiraling in the wreckage of a failed love affair, Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges channeled his...
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Standing on a sliver of time. Unforgettable ; A brief history of this very instant ; Visualize this!
- Part II. Not being God. Entanglements ; Sup specie aeternitatis ; In the blink of an eye
- Part III. Does the universe have an edge? The universe (which others call the Library) ; Gravitas ; Made to measure
- Part IV. The abyss of freedom. Free will ; Forking paths ; Putting the demon to rest
- Postscript.
