Monday, July 28, 2014

The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew, by Alan Lightman







The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew, by Alan Lightman, is a wide ranging series of essays exploring the most recent advances in modern science, and their impact on society, human psychology, philosophy and religion.

This collection starts off strongly, with an exploration of the nature of reality, the universe, and the new, perplexing notion of the “multiverse.”  It is a shame that Lightman did not keep up the momentum he built on the first essay.  Each subsequent essay has a little less punch, slightly less strength, ever so less reason for existing.

At the end, The Accidental Universe does not give the reader much to chew on; what is said has been said before, and better, and what is written is largely uninspired and thematically disconnected.

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