The Big Picture
Sean Carroll · 2000
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26 yrs
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2
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Why it endured
Sean Carroll's bold attempt to explain the universe, life, and consciousness within a purely naturalistic framework. Drawing on the Higgs boson and the second law of thermodynamics, he constructs a coherent philosophy called Poetic Naturalism.
What they're saying
2 people recommend this book
“I love Sean Carroll, but I can't bring myself to finish this book. This is not some kind of cool science book. It's a little too much too long too high-level philosophy, re-iterating the same things over and over again, and just overall meh. Someone else less familiar with physics might like it. EDIT: I accidentally read this book again forgetting that I already had. I have to start by saying that I actually love Sean Carroll and adore his presentation/teaching ability. That said, I had to skip over a bunch of it because the book is primarily a work of philosophy and history, and a concatenation of the first 2 paragraphs of popular science articles on topics of physics. The part I actually loved was the Appendix, where he discusses the Core Theory in quite a lot of detail. If that 2 page explanation was expanded into the length of this book it would be an easy 5/5. 3/5”
“Highly recommend anything by Sean Carroll https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll/status/728599116456984577”