Jim Holt
Jim Holt writes about math, science, and philosophy for The New York Times , The New Yorker , The Wall Street Journal , and The New York Review of Books . His Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story was an international bestseller.
Jim Holt writes about math, science, and philosophy for The New York Times , The New Yorker , The Wall Street Journal , and The New York Review of Books . His Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story was an international bestseller. See less
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Jim Holt book reviews
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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Nothing as Something
Mr. Holt throws us back to the Greek philosophers and drags us into string theory, all in pursuit of finding out if 'Nothing" can exist, and if so, why is our universe here instead of...nothing.
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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Just Where Did We Come From?
Why is there something instead of nothing? Why does the universe exist? How did we get here? Why is the human race in the position to figure this out? I am fairly new to the world of philosophy. It ... Read More
