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New Theories of Everything

The author presents and explains the latest theories, predictions and controversies surrounding the ultimate explanation, from superstrings and multiverses to speculations about the world as a computer, and the implications of these theories for own existence.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 260 pages

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