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020			_a9781524749019 _q(hardcover)
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100	1		_aLightman, Alan P., _d1948- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aProbable impossibilities : _bmusings on beginnings and endings / _cAlan Lightman.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPantheon Books, _c[2021]
300			_a197 pages ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-197).
520			_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.
650		0	_aCosmology.
650		0	_aMetaphysics.
650		0	_aPhilosophy of mind.
650		0	_aPhysics _xPhilosophy.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aLightman, Alan P., 1948- _tProbable impossibilities. _bFirst edition. _dNew York : Pantheon Books, [2020] _z9781524749026 _w(DLC) 2020013915
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