{"product_id":"probable-impossibilities-musings-on-beginnings-and-endings-paperback","title":"Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Lightman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eEinstein's Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e tackles \"big questions like the origin of the universe and the nature of consciousness ... in an entertaining and easily digestible way\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) with a collection of meditative essays on the possibilities--and impossibilities--of nothingness and infinity, and how our place in the cosmos falls somewhere in between.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Can space be divided into smaller and smaller units, ad infinitum? Does space extend to larger and larger regions, on and on to infinity\u003ci\u003e? \u003c\/i\u003eIs consciousness reducible to the material brain and its neurons? What was the origin of life, and can biologists create life from scratch in the lab? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Physicist and novelist Alan Lightman, whom \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003ehas called \"the poet laureate of science writers,\" explores these questions and more--from the anatomy of a smile to the capriciousness of memory to the specialness of life in the universe to what came before the Big Bang. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eProbable Impossibilities \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply engaged consideration of what we know of the universe, of life and the mind, and of things vastly larger and smaller than ourselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eALAN LIGHTMAN is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller \u003ci\u003eEinstein's Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Diagnosis\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He is the host of the public television series \u003ci\u003eSearching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45610570842156,"sku":"9780593081327","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/probable-impossibilities-musings-on-beginnings-and-endings-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}