{"product_id":"9781472109187","title":"The Accidental Universe","description":"Author: Alan Lightman\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472109187\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Universe\u003c\/i\u003e, physicist and novelist Alan Lightman explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by discoveries in science, focusing most intently on the human condition and the needs of humankind.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, in a collection of exhilarating essays, Lightman shows us our own universe from a series of fascinating and diverse perspectives. He takes on the difficult dialogue between science and religion; the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature; the possibility that our universe is simply an accident; the manner in which modern technology has divorced us from enjoying a direct experience of the world; and our resistance to the view that our bodies and minds can be explained by scientific logic and laws alone.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his customary passion, precision, lyricism and imagination, in \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Universe\u003c\/i\u003e Alan Lightman leaves us with the suggestion - heady and humbling - that what we see and understand of the world \u003ci\u003eand ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e is only a tiny piece of the extraordinary, perhaps unfathomable whole.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Alan Lightman:\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'...a gem of a novel that is strange witty erudite and alive with Lightman's playful genius.' Junot Diaz.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'It would not seem possible for Alan Lightman to match his earlier tour de force, \u003ci\u003eEinstein's Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, but in \u003ci\u003eMr g\u003c\/i\u003e he has done so - with wit, imagination, and transcendent beauty.' \u003ci\u003eAnita Desai.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919456125086,"sku":"ING-9781472109187","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472109187.jpg?v=1782812026","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472109187","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}