A Beginner's Guide to Reality: Exploring Our Everyday Adventures in Wonderland - Softcover

Baggott, Jim

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9781933648040: A Beginner's Guide to Reality: Exploring Our Everyday Adventures in Wonderland

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ISBN 10: 193364804X ISBN 13: 9781933648040

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2006

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Have you ever wondered if the world is really there when you're not looking? We tend to take the reality of our world very much for granted. This book will lead you down the rabbit hole in search of something we can point to, hang our hats on and say this is real. On the way, Jim Baggott examines some of the things that have been said about reality by a few of the world's greatest thinkers-from the philosophers of ancient Greece to modern scientists and social theorists.

Jim Baggott is the author of The Meaning of Quantum Physics and Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy, and Quantum Theory, both published by Oxford University Press. He lives in England.

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About the Author:

Jim Baggott is the author of The Meaning of Quantum Theory: A Guide for Students and Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy, and the Meaning of Quantum Theory, both published by Oxford University Press. He lives in England.

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Jim Baggott has done a real service to the community of questing souls. He gives a lucid, thoughtful, and helpful account of one of this century s great conundrums. (Times Literary Supplement) "

Baggott has an entertaining style, with clever use of analogies and diagrams. The book s realist honesty shines like a beacon through the fog of contemporary mystical speculations. (New Scientist) "

Reading this book is like having an informal, intimate conversation with and informed thinker. Enthusiastically recommended... (Library Journal, starred review) "

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