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

Baggott, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605980641 ISBN 13: 9781605980645

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2009

Synopsis

A unique fusion of philosophy and metaphysics set against the backdrop of contemporary culture.

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. Along the way Jim Baggott presents the important arguments concerning the nature reality as examined by the world’s greatest thinkers―from the philosophers of ancient Greece to modern scientists and social theorists―and takes on materialism, perception, and progress in a refreshingly new and entertaining way. 5 b&w illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

Jim Baggott is an award-winning science writer. A former academic chemist, he maintains a broad interest in science, philosophy, and history, and writes on these subjects for New Scientist and other journals. His books have been widely acclaimed and include A Beginner's Guide to Reality (Pegasus, 2006), The First War of Physics (Pegasus, 2010), The Meaning of Quantum Physics (Oxford, 1992), and Beyond Measure Modern Physics, Philosophy, and the Meaning of Quantum Theory (Oxford, 2004). He lives in England.

Review:

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) "

About this edition

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1605980641
• ISBN 13: 9781605980645
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256