What can we never do? Barrow looks at what limits there might be to human discovery, and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Science is a big success story, but where will it end? And, indeed, will it end? Weaving together a tapestry of surprises, Barrow explores the frontiers of knowledge. We find that the notion of 'impossibility' has played a striking role in our thinking. Surrealism, impossible figures, time travel, paradoxes of logic and perspectives - all stimulate us to contemplate something more than what is. Using simple explanations, it shows the reader that impossibility is a deep and powerful notion; that any Universe complex enough to contain conscious beings will contain limits on what those beings can know about their Universe; that what we cannot know defines reality as surely as what we can know.
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- Authors:
- Barrow, John D.
- Year Published:
- 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780099772118
- Number of Pages:
- 304
- Publication Date:
- 25/03/1999
- Publisher:
- Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:
- 25/03/1999
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780099772118