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020			_a9780140278163
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100	1		_aDeutsch, David
245	1	4	_aThe beginning of infinity : _bexplanations that transform the world _cby David Deutsch.
260			_aNew York : _bViking, _c©2011.
300			_avii, 487 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 460-461) and index.
505	0		_t1 The reach of explanations _t2 Closer to reality _t3 The spark _t4 Creation _t5 The reality of abstractions _t6 The jump to universality _t7 Artificial creativity _t8 A window on infinity _t9 Optimism _t10 A dream of Socrates _t11 The multiverse _t12 A physicist's history of bad philosophy _t13 Choices _t14 Why are flowers beautiful? _t15 The evolution of culture _t16 The evolution of creativity _t17 Unsustainable _t18 The beginning.
520			_a"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 describe 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"--
650		0	_aExplanation.
650		0	_aInfinite.
650		0	_aScience _xPhilosophy.
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