"A scientist's deeply personal plea to accept and cherish the
universe as it is--with all its rich and creative
imperfections--rather than seek in vain some sterile notion of
simplistic 'oneness.' Urging humility above all before the
fantastic complexity of our universe, Gleiser reminds us that
neither the universe nor life needs a 'reason' in order to be
meaningful. Only by embracing the fragility and unlikeliness of our
existence can we create a new morality aimed at fighting not each
other, but together as a species, for the continued existence of
what is probably the only life in the universe capable of fully
appreciating all that surrounds us." --K.C. Cole, author of
"Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens"
"Cherish this book. With powerful clarity Gleiser argues that there
is a profound link in Western science between monotheism and the
scientific search for a Theory of Everything. He argues
persuasively that we must give up this dream. This may augur a
profound transformation in our understanding of the world."
--STUART KAUFFMAN, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, CANADA, AUTHOR OF
REINVENTING THE SACRED
"It's always made sense to me to live as if this planet was in fact
unique--and in any event precious. This fascinating account reminds
us of one key reason why we need to take really seriously the
environmental predicament into which we've stumbled: we may be
playing for all the marbles." --Bill McKibben author "Earth: Making
A Life on a Tough New Planet"
"Marcelo Gleiser is our lucid guide to where beauty is to be found
in an imperfect, unsymmetrical, accidental universe. In a masterful
and brave argument he shows how grand unification, long a dream of
science, will never come. For it is just a projection of our almost
desperate longing for simplicity onto life's complex, chanced, rich
reality." --Roald Hoffman, Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane
Letters Emeritus at Cornell University, Nobel Laureate
"With compelling lucidity and in an engagingly personal voice,
Gleiser sets out to smash my most ardently held intuitions about
the deep structure of the universe. All the more wonder then that I
found his book as illuminating as it is provocative, and from start
to last a pure joy to read." --REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN, AUTHOR
OF 36 ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD: A WORK OF FICTION
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