02717cam a2200373 i 4500 771480030 TxAuBib 20160606120000.0 160112s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015050590 9780525954828 HRD 28.00 0525954821 HRD 28.00 OU/DLC eng OU rda DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Carroll, Sean M., 1966-, author. The big picture [Book] : on the origins of life, meaning, and the universe itself / Sean Carroll. New York, New York : Dutton, [2016] ix, 470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The fundamental nature of reality -- Poetic naturalism -- The world moves by itself -- What determines what will happen? -- Reasons why -- Our universe -- Time's arrow -- Memories and causes -- Learning about the world -- Updating our knowledge -- Is it okay to doubt everything? -- Reality emerges -- What exists, and what is illusion? -- Planets of belief -- Accepting uncertainty -- What can we know about the world without looking at it? -- Who am I? -- Abducting God -- How much we know -- The quantum realm -- Interpreting quantum mechanics -- The core theory -- The stuff of which we are made -- The effective theory of the everyday world -- Why does the universe exist? -- Body and soul -- Death is the end -- The universe in a cup of coffee -- Light and life -- Funneling energy -- Spontaneous organization -- The origin and purpose of life -- Evolution's bootstraps -- Searching through the landscape -- Emergent purpose -- Are we the point? -- Crawling into consciousness -- The babbling brain -- What thinks?-- The hard problem -- Zombies and stories -- Are photons conscious? -- What acts on what? -- Freedom to choose -- Three billion heartbeats -- What is and what ought to be -- Rules and consequences -- Constructing goodness -- Listening to the world -- Existential therapy. 20160606. Eleanor Steele Blocher Endowment Fund. Life Origin. Meaning (Philosophy.) Cosmology. Naturalism. Discoveries in science. Evolution Philosophy. Physical laws. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015050590-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015050590-d.html Publisher description