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a low-voltage journalist who splits his time between New York and Paris. I write mainly about philosophical and scientific subjects, occasionally also producing what could charitably be described as "humor." I contribute fairly regularly to The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New York Review of Books, The American Scholar, etc. For about ten years I did a weekly radio spot on BBC Wales called "Living in America, with Jim Holt." I used to appear on TV now and then--William Buckley's "Firing Line," NBC News with Brokaw, CNN--but I write about such esoteric subjects that I am rarely asked anymore. For one year (1997) I was the editor of a venerable and pinkoid political magazine called The New Leader. And I have a book forthcoming on the history of the idea of the infinitesimal, "Worlds Within Worlds." I knew Andy Warhol fairly well. I have a girlfriend in Paris and a miniature dachshund named Renzo. That is undoubtedly more than you wished to know.
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- 世界观
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In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times.
Whether framed philosophically as “Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?” or more colloquially as “But, Mommy, who made God?” the metaphysical mystery about how we came into existence remains the most fractious and fascinating question of all time. Following in the footsteps of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose, and even Stephen Hawking, Jim Holt emerges with an engrossing narrative that traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. As he takes on the role of cosmological detective, the brilliant yet slyly humorous Holt contends that we might have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God vs. the Big Bang. Whether interviewing a cranky Oxford philosopher, a Physics Nobel Laureate, or a French Buddhist monk, Holt pursues unexplored and often bizarre angles to this cosmic puzzle. The result is a brilliant synthesis of cosmology, mathematics, and physics—one that propels his own work to the level of philosophy itself.
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很小的时候，大概只有几岁，我总是一个人在家，不到9点就自己爬上床睡觉了。印象很深的是，当时看着黑暗中的蚊帐和天花板，不停的问自己“我为什么存在?死了会怎样？世界从哪里来”这样的问题，想着想着就在黑暗中不停的哭。也许就是对死亡和对未知世界的最初的恐惧。 长大了...
评分关于这个问题我之前倒是没有怎么想过，不过既然读了这本书就还是要好好的思索一番。首先说宇宙是从哪里来的？有人说是大爆炸，先是一个奇点，然后一爆炸就有了我们这个宇宙。也有人说是上帝造出来的，上帝说：“要有光”于是这个世界就诞生了，而在中国的神话传说中是盘古这个...
评分看了《世界为何存在》，感觉里面最精华的部分是作者自己的证明。他得出的结论是我们的世界不是虚无，也不是无限可能，而是介于这两者之间的平凡实在。我希望用自己的观点重新得出这个结论。 关于虚无：如果我们的世界是虚无，那么这个世界就是完全对称的，完全对称意味着这个世...
评分很小的时候，大概只有几岁，我总是一个人在家，不到9点就自己爬上床睡觉了。印象很深的是，当时看着黑暗中的蚊帐和天花板，不停的问自己“我为什么存在?死了会怎样？世界从哪里来”这样的问题，想着想着就在黑暗中不停的哭。也许就是对死亡和对未知世界的最初的恐惧。 长大了...
评分虽然译者在前言里介绍说是一本哲学入门书，但这其实并不算是一本写给大众看的哲学书，“实在”，“本体论”，“唯我论”，普通的读者一看就发晕，更别说带着标题跟随作者窥探人类在这个命题上所做的努力，“量子物理”、“弦论”前沿科学成果俯拾即是，书中也不对这些晦涩的名...
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把解释“存在"的哲学/神学/科学理论一网打尽，然而到底应该如何回答本书题名的问题呢？依然无解。只能以魔鬼词典里关于哲学的条目结束Philosophy.n.：A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. 需要重读。
评分终于又读完了一本英文书，但是书中的很多内容还没理解，很有必要再看一遍中文版。
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评分今年读到的最好的英文书。我最击赏的是作者“严肃的业余爱好者”的态度。因为严肃所以能尽思辨的乐趣；因为是业余爱好，所以洒脱，不必“捍卫”任何一家之言。这和张中行先生的《禅外说禅》是相似的。作者在书中采百家之言，却不是为了取长补短，而纯粹是要欣赏一道思辨的风景，赞叹在世界起源这样一个简洁有力的问题上，人类的思考可以如此得多姿多彩。
评分终于又读完了一本英文书，但是书中的很多内容还没理解，很有必要再看一遍中文版。
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