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.
發表於2024-06-16
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嚴格意義上,這也不是一篇針對本書的書評,但這本書確實可以串聯起一係列的閱讀經驗,姑且放在這裏瞭。 在我有限的閱讀半徑中,經曆過兩次重大的躍遷,改變我對世界的認知方式和思維路徑。 第一次是賈雷德·戴濛德的《槍炮、病菌與鋼鐵》。在我即將從學校跨入社會,小心翼翼地...
評分“真實世界的脈絡”描述瞭我們當前知識中最深刻的4條支綫--進化,量子物理學,知識和運算,以及它們帶來的世界觀。“無窮的開始”將這種世界觀應用於許多不同的話題和未解問題。 他的核心結論是:“解釋”在宇宙中有著基礎性地位。解釋的範圍和造成改變的能力是無窮無盡的。它...
評分 評分無窮的開始算是一本哲學書,其中夾帶著很多物理知識,看的是原版書,很多內容沒有完全明白。該書有兩點感悟。第一人類的發展過程歸結於對社會未知現象的解釋,第二人類取得重大進步,和樂觀的態度有很大關係。 人類剛誕生不久,對自然世界一無所知,所以人類過得很艱難。後來...
圖書標籤: 科普 哲學 物理學 physics 自然科學 思考 science_fiction 科淆
In seek of good explanation
評分和前作The Fabric of Reality一樣精彩,David Deutsch用此書進一步詮釋瞭自己的世界觀,嚴密的邏輯讓我被徹底徵服瞭,說醍醐灌頂並不為過。沒有瞭對人生意義的質疑,充滿瞭對科學和進步的信心。這信心不是來自於以往科學的成就,而是來自於他的哲學。所以說三觀真的很重要。提綱挈領的一本書。好書的一條標準就是提供瞭一個學習的目錄——它的觸手伸嚮哪裏,有的放矢
評分和前作The Fabric of Reality一樣精彩,David Deutsch用此書進一步詮釋瞭自己的世界觀,嚴密的邏輯讓我被徹底徵服瞭,說醍醐灌頂並不為過。沒有瞭對人生意義的質疑,充滿瞭對科學和進步的信心。這信心不是來自於以往科學的成就,而是來自於他的哲學。所以說三觀真的很重要。提綱挈領的一本書。好書的一條標準就是提供瞭一個學習的目錄——它的觸手伸嚮哪裏,有的放矢
評分和前作The Fabric of Reality一樣精彩,David Deutsch用此書進一步詮釋瞭自己的世界觀,嚴密的邏輯讓我被徹底徵服瞭,說醍醐灌頂並不為過。沒有瞭對人生意義的質疑,充滿瞭對科學和進步的信心。這信心不是來自於以往科學的成就,而是來自於他的哲學。所以說三觀真的很重要。提綱挈領的一本書。好書的一條標準就是提供瞭一個學習的目錄——它的觸手伸嚮哪裏,有的放矢
評分Disappointed. Where's your point?
The Beginning of Infinity 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載