Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physical Reality in Bloomington, MN

“Playful and enchanting.” —Priyamvada Natarajan,
Wall Street Journal
Could there be a civilization on a mote of dust? How much of your fate have you made?
Using pleasingly paradoxical vignettes, known as Koans, that follow the ancient Zen tradition and have a flair for explaining complex science, physicist Anthony Aguirre tackles cosmic questions from the meaning of quantum theory and the nature of time to the origin of multiple universes.