Jim Holt

Expands the search for the origins of the universe beyond God and the Big Bang theory, exploring more bizarre possibilities inspired by physicists, theologians, mathematicians, and even novelists.

Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story

rumbledethumps

Filled with facile analogies, stoner arguments, and philosophical word games, this was definitely not a book for me. 

But if the title strikes you as a question worth pondering outside the confines of a college dorm room, then perhaps you’ll like it better than I did.

Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story

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