The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of the Universe - Tapa blanda

Críticas

"The target audience: anyone who enjoys gaping at the complexities of existence. The topic: everything . . . Fantastic." --Entertainment Weekly (grade: A)

"Michael Frayn's exultant prose entices and ultimately overwhelms you. Reading his arguments, I felt as though I were floating down a warm river, caught up in its playful, whirling eddies. . . . Beautifully written." --Los Angeles Times

"Immense erudition . . . and more than a dash of wit . . . What makes The Human Touch so rewarding is the subtlety and humor with which he examines 'the great mutual balancing act.'" --The New York Times

"His command of current scholarship in physics and biology is impressive; his discussion of psychological issues is discerning. . . . Witty and ingratiating style." --The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"An inviting introduction to modern cosmology and philosophy with no prerequisites other than the willingness to entertain counterfactuals, imponderables, and leaps of faith. Nicely done." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Absolutely riveting . . . Read it, and you may come to look at the world differently." --Newsday

"Erudite, imaginative, funny, and dazzlingly clever . . . [Frayn] unbolts, chapter by chapter, the fabric of the universe." --The Sunday Times (London)

Reseña del editor

In a perceptive philosophical study, the award-winning novelist examines the role of humankind in the universe, addressing such concepts as the existence of time and space, relativity, and language in terms of the question of what the universe would be like if human beings were not around to observe or interpret it. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.