The Beginning of Infinity : Explanations That Transform the World (Hardcover)

from mrgan

It's odd that a book written in such a priggishly prescriptive tone should be, while you read it, so compelling, and even more odd that it should, in the end, say so little. While it touches on many Big Topics and has a lofty title (which is inexplicably-and in the case of my own understanding, i...

from Alex1952

Provocative and very interesting, although some chapters are very weak, e.g., the one on social choices

from charlesmathes

I've grown tired of the world I see, so my reading has turned to the larger world that I don't see but that is -- theoretically -- just as real (at least for now). Bobbling between quantum and astro physics, I found my way to David Deutsch's new book, "The Beginning of Infinity" and for a while I...

from Jewsbury

This is a fun book to read, probably because it is mildly provocative. It is a book about knowledge rather than a book strictly about science. Deutsch sidelines orthodoxy and focuses on what he thinks people get wrong. His overall stance is that all reliable ideas (across all fields) start with a...

from Ma_Washigeri

A good book on Theory of Knowledge, but no good on the maths/physics of Infinity - which was what I was expecting from the review I read.