by Lee Smolin (Author)
This radical, exciting book draws as much on Darwinian ideas as on Einstein's to propose a way forward beyond theories that can only explain aspects of our universe, towards one that can explain it as a whole. Smolin suggests that the laws of nature are not fixed, but that they evolve in the same way that living things themselves evolve. Effectively, Smolin puts forward the possible unifica-tion of biology and physics, a view of the cosmos which moves beyond both the notion of God and the pessimism of Nietzsche and the existentialists.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 06 Apr 1998
ISBN 10: 075380123X
ISBN 13: 9780753801239
Book Overview: * Though fundamentally rooted in science, its life-centred view of the universe will appeal widely. * 'Smolin is a deep and original thinker. In this provocative book he merges key elements of Einstein and Darwin in a breathtaking synthesis. The result is nothing less than a radically new view of the cosmos and our place within it' Paul Davies.