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Using simple explanations, it shows the reader that impossibility is a deep and powerful notion that any Universe complex enough to contain conscious beings will contain limits on what those beings can know about their Universe that what we cannot know defines reality as surely as what we can know. Surrealism, impossible figures, time travel, paradoxes of logic and perspectives - all stimulate us to contemplate something more than what is. We find that the notion of 'impossibility' has played a striking role in our thinking. Science is a big success story, but where will it end? And, indeed, will it end? Weaving together a tapestry of surprises, Barrow explores the frontiers of knowledge. 'If you are fascinated by the limits of knowledge, you will be richly rewarded by this book' New Scientist What can we never do? Barrow looks at what limits there might be to human discovery, and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.

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Impossibility john d barrow