LEADER 00000nim a22005415a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125035240.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 140803s2014 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781538596364 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1538596369 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781482955996_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11053404 037 11053404|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 523.1|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Lightman, Alan P.,|d1948- 245 14 The accidental universe :|bthe world you thought you knew |h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cAlan Lightman. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Publishing,|c2014. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 51 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Bronson Pinchot. 520 From the acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreams and Mr. g comes a meditation on the unexpected ways in which recent scientific findings have shaped our understanding of ourselves and our place in the cosmos. With all the passion, curiosity, and precise yet lyrical prose that have marked his previous books, Alan Lightman here explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by discoveries in science, focusing most intently on the human condition and the needs of humankind. He looks at 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 separated us from direct experience of the world, and our resistance to the view that our bodies and minds can be explained by scientific logic and laws. And behind all of these considerations is the suggestion-at once haunting and exhilarating-that what we see and understand of the world is only a tiny piece of the extraordinary, perhaps unfathomable whole. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Lightman, Alan P.,|d1948- 650 0 Cosmology. 650 0 Astronomy|xPhilosophy. 650 0 Physics|xPhilosophy. 650 0 Intuition. 650 0 Instinct. 650 0 Thought and thinking. 650 0 Knowledge, Theory of. 651 0 Universe. 700 1 Pinchot, Bronson.|4nrt 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11053404?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781482955996_180.jpeg