The Beginning of Infinity

Born in Haifa, Israel, David Deutsch was educated at Cambridge and Oxford universities. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a professor of physics at the University of Oxford, where he is a member of the Centre for Quantum Computation. His many honors include the Institute of Physics' Paul Dirac Prize and Medal. The author of The Fabric of Reality, he lives in England.

出版者:Viking Adult

作者:David Deutsch

页数:487

出版时间:2011-7-21

价格:GBP 19.19

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780670022755

图书标签:科普哲学物理学physics自然科学思考science_fiction科淆

This is a bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor. This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach, according to Deutsch: we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve. In his previous book, "The Fabric of Reality", Deutsch describes the four deepest strands of existing knowledge - the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation-arguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality. In this new book, he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species. Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice, optimism, scientific explanation, and the evolution of culture, "The Beginning of Infinity" is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind.

读后感

“真实世界的脉络”描述了我们当前知识中最深刻的4条支线--进化，量子物理学，知识和运算，以及它们带来的世界观。“无穷的开始”将这种世界观应用于许多不同的话题和未解问题。 他的核心结论是：“解释”在宇宙中有着基础性地位。解释的范围和造成改变的能力是无穷无尽的。它...  

严格意义上，这也不是一篇针对本书的书评，但这本书确实可以串联起一系列的阅读经验，姑且放在这里了。 在我有限的阅读半径中，经历过两次重大的跃迁，改变我对世界的认知方式和思维路径。 第一次是贾雷德·戴蒙德的《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》。在我即将从学校跨入社会，小心翼翼地...  

1.所谓“知识”，是指对一个事件很好的解读视角。 2.知识的源头是猜想，所谓“知识”，也可以解读为通过证明保留下来的猜想。 3.知识形成的决定性因素是怀疑猜想的能力。始终怀有“根据事实调整观念”的思维倾向是很好的批判能力。 4.创造力与批判力也符合“用进废退”原理，不...  

作者多伊奇不愧当今顶级的量子物理学家，从对基本的概念讲起，用无比清晰的逻辑，阐述了最基本、最底层的问题。这种书需要认真静下心来读，收获一定不小。不必担心，书中没有深奥的理论问题，一般读者都能看明白。 作者多伊奇不愧当今顶级的量子物理学家，从对基本的概念讲起，...  

用户评价

和前作The Fabric of Reality一样精彩，David Deutsch用此书进一步诠释了自己的世界观，严密的逻辑让我被彻底征服了，说醍醐灌顶并不为过。没有了对人生意义的质疑，充满了对科学和进步的信心。这信心不是来自于以往科学的成就，而是来自于他的哲学。所以说三观真的很重要。提纲挈领的一本书。好书的一条标准就是提供了一个学习的目录——它的触手伸向哪里，有的放矢

touched by such passionate optimism

其实是本讨论哲学的书.

touched by such passionate optimism

和前作The Fabric of Reality一样精彩，David Deutsch用此书进一步诠释了自己的世界观，严密的逻辑让我被彻底征服了，说醍醐灌顶并不为过。没有了对人生意义的质疑，充满了对科学和进步的信心。这信心不是来自于以往科学的成就，而是来自于他的哲学。所以说三观真的很重要。提纲挈领的一本书。好书的一条标准就是提供了一个学习的目录——它的触手伸向哪里，有的放矢