具体描述
This is a bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor. This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach, according to Deutsch: we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve. In his previous book, "The Fabric of Reality", Deutsch describes the four deepest strands of existing knowledge - the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation-arguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality. In this new book, he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species. Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice, optimism, scientific explanation, and the evolution of culture, "The Beginning of Infinity" is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind.
作者简介
Born in Haifa, Israel, David Deutsch was educated at Cambridge and Oxford universities. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a professor of physics at the University of Oxford, where he is a member of the Centre for Quantum Computation. His many honors include the Institute of Physics' Paul Dirac Prize and Medal. The author of The Fabric of Reality, he lives in England.
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废话太多，以至于不少干货湮没在文字的汪洋大海中，作者尝试构建一种描绘式的推阐述体系，从各种旁枝末节出发，在大量与主题若即若离的案例中夹带一丢丢观点，这样的书阅读效率实在太低。好在似乎作者也意识到了这一点，每章后面加了个小结，感觉看小结就足够了。好吧，还是回...
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评分基本的想法是说人类的进步从启蒙运动开始，速度越来越快。基本的原因是科学的进步（作者解释为人类寻求“好解释”的本能）。比较深奥，我又是在过年老家中和回来的路上看的，环境不够安静，很多地方没看懂。 基本确定没看懂是因为我水平不够，而不是作者写的不好。因为涉及到...
评分无穷的开始算是一本哲学书，其中夹带着很多物理知识，看的是原版书，很多内容没有完全明白。该书有两点感悟。第一人类的发展过程归结于对社会未知现象的解释，第二人类取得重大进步，和乐观的态度有很大关系。 人类刚诞生不久，对自然世界一无所知，所以人类过得很艰难。后来...
评分看完全书后，作者戴维·多伊奇宏大的企图昭然若揭：尽管身为理论物理学家，但在本书中他试图下定义、作解释的不仅是科学领域，而是整个人类文明，甚至包括未来尚未出现的文明。 在我看来，多伊奇是个充满激情的乐观主义者。他从未被无限宇宙的庞大与遥不可测吓倒，也从未被人...
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Blinkist扫过。可喜的是越来越多的人开始接触和了解科学哲学，其中包括许多优秀的科学家自己走出专业的象牙塔开始创作更普世化的科普读物，而且是从宏观理论甚至形而上层面而不是单一知识领域层面来拓展和加深大众对于科学甚至科学哲学的认知。Seek critical thought, conjecture and good explanations. Knowledge from experience&theories. Good ideas replicate. systems of knowledge jumps to universality. rational&democratic group decision making is impossible. optimist.
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