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A Universe From Nothing
A Universe From Nothing | Lawrence M. Krauss
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Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the biggest philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from? Why does anything exist? And how is it all going to end? 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is the question atheists and scientists are always asked, and until now there has not been a satisfying scientific answer. Today, exciting scientific advances provide new insight into this cosmological mystery: not only can something arise from nothing, but something will always arise from nothing. A mind-bending trip back to the beginning of the beginning, A Universe from Nothing authoritatively presents the most recent evidence that explains how our universe evolved - and the implications for how it's going to end. It will provoke, challenge, and delight readers to look at the most basic underpinnings of existence in a whole new way. In the words of Richard Dawkins: this could potentially be the most important scientific book since Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
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Lischaja
A Universe From Nothing | Lawrence M. Krauss
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I love physics, the most poetic science.

Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. We couldn‘t be here if stars hadn‘t exploded. The elements weren‘t created at the beginning - they were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars.

The most poetic thing: we re all stardust 💫…

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GoneFishing

The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn‘t be here if stars hadn‘t exploded, because the elements...weren‘t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars...

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jhm
A Universe From Nothing | Lawrence M. Krauss
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Much better (satisfying) than the newer 'Greatest Story,' reviewed below, but still not up to the two biographies by him I've read; for much the same reasons I related.

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GoneFishing
A Universe From Nothing | Lawrence M. Krauss

In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection. Indeed, they will be receding faster than the speed of light..Future civilizations will discover science and all its laws, and never know about other galaxies or the cosmic background radiation....We live in a special time, the only time, where we can observationally verify that we live in a special time.

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