What he proposes is an elegant and fascinating idea: that our physical world not only is described by mathematics, but that it is mathematics. Where do we come from? What makes the universe the way it is? In essence, why are we here? With dazzling clarity, Max Tegmark ponders these deep mysteries and allows us to grasp the most cutting-edge and mind-boggling theories of physics. He calls this the 'Mathematical Universe Hypothesis', or 'MUH' for short. Max Tegmark is quite clear-he is not saying that the universe is described by mathematics, but that the universe is mathematics. Part-history of the cosmos, part-intellectual adventure, Our Mathematical Universe travels from the Big Bang to the distant future via parallel worlds, across every possible scale - from the sub-atomic to the intergalactic - showing how mathematics provides the answers to our questions about the world. The second half of this book is a discussion of the author's speculation, that the universe is a mathematical structure.
I received this as a Christmas gift a few years ago, and that was the first I’ve heard of Max Tegmark. In Our Mathematical Universe, Max Tegmark, one of the most original physicists at work today, leads us on an astonishing journey to explore the mysteries uncovered by cosmology and to discover the nature of reality So it’s not really surprising that Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality is a controversial book by a somewhat controversial physicist. Why does mathematics explain the universe so well? From the big bang to the distant future via parallel worlds, Max Tegmark proposes a radical idea: that our reality is not only described by mathematics: it is mathematics. Our Mathematical Universe - Penguin Books Australia Published: 25 March 2015 ISBN: 9780241954638 Imprint: Penguin General UK Format: Paperback Pages: 432 RRP: 24.
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