TY - BOOK AU - Carroll,Sean M. TI - The big picture: on the origins of life, meaning, and the universe itself SN - 9780525954828 (hc) AV - QH 325 C319b 2016 U1 - 577 PY - 2016/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Dutton, KW - Life KW - Origin KW - Origen de la vida. KW - Meaning (Philosophy) KW - Significado (Filosofía) KW - Cosmology KW - Cosmología KW - Naturalism KW - Naturalismo KW - Discoveries in science KW - Inventos KW - Ciencia KW - Obras de divulgación KW - Evolution KW - Philosophy KW - Evolución KW - Filosofía KW - Physical laws KW - Leyes físicas N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The fundamental nature of reality Poetic naturalism The world moves by itself What determines what will happen? Reasons why Our universe Time's arrow Memories and causes Learning about the world Updating our knowledge Is it okay to doubt everything? Reality emerges What exists, and what is illusion? Planets of belief Accepting uncertainty What can we know about the world without actually looking at it? Who am I? Abducting God How much we know The quantum realm Interpreting quantum mechanics The core theory The stuff of which we are made The effective theory of the everyday world Why does the universe exist? Body and soul Death is the end The universe in a cup of coffee Light and life Funneling energy Spontaneous organization The origin and purpose of life Evolution's bootstraps Searching through the landscape Emergent purpose Are we the point? Crawling into consciousness The babbling brain What thinks? The hard problem Zombies and stories Are photons conscious? What acts on what? Freedom to choose Three billion heartbeats What is and what ought to be Rules and consequences Constructing goodness Listening to the world Existential therapy N2 - In The Big Picture, physicist Sean Carroll presents a sweeping explanation of how the universe works and what that means for human life, purpose, and understanding. The book bridges science and philosophy, offering a worldview grounded in what Carroll calls “poetic naturalism.” UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015050590-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015050590-d.html ER -