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  • Why Does the World Exist?

  • An Existential Detective Story
  • Written by: Jim Holt
  • Narrated by: Steven Menasche
  • Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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Why Does the World Exist?

Written by: Jim Holt
Narrated by: Steven Menasche
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Publisher's Summary

"I can imagine few more enjoyable ways of thinking than to read this book."
—Sarah Bakewell, New York Times Book Review, front-page review

Tackling the "darkest question in all of philosophy" with "raffish erudition" (Dwight Garner, The New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This runaway best seller, which has captured the imagination of critics and the public alike, traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. Holt adopts the role of cosmological detective, traveling the globe to interview a host of celebrated scientists, philosophers, and writers, "testing the contentions of one against the theories of the other" (Jeremy Bernstein, Wall Street Journal). As he interrogates his list of ontological culprits, the brilliant yet slyly humorous Holt contends that we might have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God versus the Big Bang. This "deft and consuming" (David Ulin, Los Angeles Times) narrative humanizes the profound questions of meaning and existence it confronts.

©2012 Jim Holt (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

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