Accidental Universe

<b>The bestselling author of Einsteins Dreams explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by recent discoveries in science w<b>ith passion and curiosity</b>.</b> <br><br>He looks at the dialogue between science and religion; the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature; the possibility that our universe is simply an accident; the manner in which modern technology has separated us from direct experience of the world; and our resistance to the view that our bodies and minds can be explained by scientific logic and laws.<br><br>Behind all of these considerations is the suggestion--at once haunting and exhilarating--that what we see and understand of the world is only a tiny piece of the extraordinary, perhaps unfathomable whole.