With all the passion, curiosity and precise yet lyrical prose that have marked his previous books, Alan Lightman here explores the emotional and philosophical questions posed by his discoveries. breakthroughs in science, focusing primarily on the human condition and human needs. He examines the difficult dialogue between science and religion, the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature, the possibility that our universe is just a coincidence, how knowledge that modern technology has separated us from direct experience of the world, and our resistance to the idea that our bodies and minds can be explained by logic and scientific laws. learn. And behind all these considerations is a hint – both haunting and exciting – that what we see and understand about the world is only a small part of an extraordinary, perhaps unfathomable whole. .

Very interesting and not too technical for a non-scientist like me. The narration is clear and pleasing, I will and have heard this audiobook over and over again.