The Universe That Discovered Itself

Are There Really Laws Of Nature Out There, Waiting To Be Discovered? Or Are They An Illusion? A Retitled And Revised Edition Of The World Within The World, This Is John Barrow's Extraordinary Study Of How We View The Universe. Covering The Magical Notions Of Primitive Cultures To The Latest Ideas About Chaos, Black Holes, Inflation, And Superstrings, The Book Traces The Development Of Our Concept Of What The Laws Of Nature Are And How We Come To Know Them.--jacket. 1. Prologue -- 2. Time Past -- 3. Unseeen Worlds -- 4. Inner Space And Outer Space -- 5. Why Are The Laws Of Nature Mathematical? -- 6. Are There Any Laws Of Nature? -- 7. Selection Effects. John D. Barrow. First Published As The World Within The World, In 1988; First Issued As An Oxford University Press Paperback 1990 (with Corrections); Reprinted 1990, 1991, 1994 (with Corrections)--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [428]-439) And Index.