02090cam a2200361 i 4500999001700000001000900017003000400026005001700030008004100047010001700088020003100105040003400136042000800170082001800178100003900196245008400235250001900319264004000338300002300378336002600401337002800427338002700455504005700482520077100539650001501310650001701325650002401342650002501366776015801391906004501549942001301594952012101607  c19273d1927321576937OSt20230123152404.0200621s2021    nyu      b    000 0 eng    a  2020013914  a9781524749019q(hardcover)  aLBSOR/DLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  apcc00a523.1 LIG2231 aLightman, Alan P.,d1948-eauthor.10aProbable impossibilities :bmusings on beginnings and endings /cAlan Lightman.  aFirst edition. 1aNew York :bPantheon Books,c[2021]  a197 pages ;c20 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-197).  a"Before the discovery of quarks, we hadn't imagined anything smaller than protons and neutrons. Are quarks the end of the line, the smallest imaginable objects in nature? Can the universe be divided into infinitely smaller units in the same way the universe is ever-expanding? Alan Lightman explores these questions in his characteristic accessible and lyrical prose, considering the igniting element behind consciousness, the origin of life, the anatomy of a smile, our fickle memories. Probable Impossibilities brings together recently published and four original essays. Throughout, Lightman guides a discussion on what we know of the universe, life, the mind, and the conception of things vastly larger than ourselves in time and space"--cProvided by publisher. 0aCosmology. 0aMetaphysics. 0aPhilosophy of mind. 0aPhysicsxPhilosophy.08iOnline version:aLightman, Alan P., 1948-tProbable impossibilities.bFirst edition.dNew York : Pantheon Books, [2020]z9781524749026w(DLC)  2020013915  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccSTL  00102ddc40708Stack II 131/5aAIISHbAIISHd2023-01-23l0o523.1 LIGp23207r2023-01-23 00:00:00w2023-01-23ySTL