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.
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.
废话太多,以至于不少干货湮没在文字的汪洋大海中,作者尝试构建一种描绘式的推阐述体系,从各种旁枝末节出发,在大量与主题若即若离的案例中夹带一丢丢观点,这样的书阅读效率实在太低。好在似乎作者也意识到了这一点,每章后面加了个小结,感觉看小结就足够了。好吧,还是回...
评分我原以为量子物理学家的思想层次应该是很高的,没想到看完前4章就很失望。对于我来说,这本书完全无法给我提供任何新的智慧,却浪费了很多时间去读它。作者通篇的观点都是老旧过时的,如果说这本书写于1990年以前,那么认为它还是值得一读的。但是它是2014年出版的啊!书的名字...
评分Po 一下 10-18 章的笔记. 这本书越到后面越精彩. ## 第10章: 苏格拉底的梦 ----- *认知论* > 触摸一个物体的感觉并没有发生在我们体验到它发生的地方, 即不在手触及的地方, 而在头脑里的某一处. 我们所能接触到的世界是一堆信号: 光学, 声学, 触觉, 嗅觉, 听觉信号: 因为...
评分基本的想法是说人类的进步从启蒙运动开始,速度越来越快。基本的原因是科学的进步(作者解释为人类寻求“好解释”的本能)。比较深奥,我又是在过年老家中和回来的路上看的,环境不够安静,很多地方没看懂。 基本确定没看懂是因为我水平不够,而不是作者写的不好。因为涉及到...
评分无穷的开始算是一本哲学书,其中夹带着很多物理知识,看的是原版书,很多内容没有完全明白。该书有两点感悟。第一人类的发展过程归结于对社会未知现象的解释,第二人类取得重大进步,和乐观的态度有很大关系。 人类刚诞生不久,对自然世界一无所知,所以人类过得很艰难。后来...
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
评分In seek of good explanation
评分Disappointed. Where's your point?
评分和前作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
评分把道金斯、霍金一顿批,作者对人类特别有信心,也不盲目,希望如此吧。写作很僵硬,读着像在做逻辑题。
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