a low-voltage journalist who splits his time between New York and Paris. I write mainly about philosophical and scientific subjects, occasionally also producing what could charitably be described as "humor." I contribute fairly regularly to The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New York Review of Books, The American Scholar, etc. For about ten years I did a weekly radio spot on BBC Wales called "Living in America, with Jim Holt." I used to appear on TV now and then--William Buckley's "Firing Line," NBC News with Brokaw, CNN--but I write about such esoteric subjects that I am rarely asked anymore. For one year (1997) I was the editor of a venerable and pinkoid political magazine called The New Leader. And I have a book forthcoming on the history of the idea of the infinitesimal, "Worlds Within Worlds." I knew Andy Warhol fairly well. I have a girlfriend in Paris and a miniature dachshund named Renzo. That is undoubtedly more than you wished to know.
发表于2024-05-09
Why Does the World Exist? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
《世界为何存在》这是个很大的题目,也是一个久远的命题。当然,估计还得在久远的将来看看能不能有答案。不记得当时为什么买这本书了,反正是大咖推荐特别多,也可能是《三体》读完了,突然又对这种宇宙科学感兴趣了,管他呢。反正对完这本书真是不容易,350多页,但是里面涉及...
评分综合了神学、哲学、逻辑学、数学、物理生物等自然科学各个领域古今各路学者对这个世界终极命题的探索和讨论。或许这世上每个人,不论去不去思考,最后的结局都会得到答案。结局无非有与无,二选一。但这个过程是我们用尽所知所识去对未知的探索求证,可能没有结果,但不会没有...
评分综合了神学、哲学、逻辑学、数学、物理生物等自然科学各个领域古今各路学者对这个世界终极命题的探索和讨论。或许这世上每个人,不论去不去思考,最后的结局都会得到答案。结局无非有与无,二选一。但这个过程是我们用尽所知所识去对未知的探索求证,可能没有结果,但不会没有...
评分2019.1.3 本书阅读难度系数比较大,需要对物理知识有深度的理解,同时,哲学和数学也需要相当的基础。此外,作者过多的使用自我的视角去反驳甚至批判其他理论,显得不够大气并缺乏科学工作者的多角度视角。 我是谁?这个世界为什么存在而不是虚无?本书开篇就是物理哲学的终极...
评分图书标签: 哲学 科普 美国 世界观 Philosophy 形而上学 现象学 侦探小说
In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times.
Whether framed philosophically as “Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?” or more colloquially as “But, Mommy, who made God?” the metaphysical mystery about how we came into existence remains the most fractious and fascinating question of all time. Following in the footsteps of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose, and even Stephen Hawking, Jim Holt emerges with an engrossing narrative that traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. As he takes on the role of cosmological detective, the brilliant yet slyly humorous Holt contends that we might have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God vs. the Big Bang. Whether interviewing a cranky Oxford philosopher, a Physics Nobel Laureate, or a French Buddhist monk, Holt pursues unexplored and often bizarre angles to this cosmic puzzle. The result is a brilliant synthesis of cosmology, mathematics, and physics—one that propels his own work to the level of philosophy itself.
what a world .meaningless .sigh
评分好看好看
评分哲学课老师推荐的第一本书。严肃活泼地让我们思考:“Why there is something rather than nothing?”
评分great!虽然最后几章没坚持看完。。。。
评分boring
Why Does the World Exist? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书