This book is a great exposition of thought from mathematics and the very difficult concepts of infinity, unprovability, incompleteness and randomness – the heights of math and physics – to many topics that include the abysmal waste of thought of philosophers spending their time on, and wasting publications pace with, the stupidest pursuits possible (the mirror paradox, the Doom-Soon concept and other meaningless uiltra-deep wastes of intellect that some people get away with as having ‘published’). The stunning spectrum of coverage given the many solid, worthy ideas is very impressive and highly enjoyable, but you have also to have the patience to work through the meaningless drivel Mr. Holt included in this work.
The narration is also very well done but Mr. Stifel has a few foibles that can be irritating in terms of the pronunciation of certain words….. for example the word is COS*MOS* not CozMUS. Hearing it said CozMUS a few times is excusable. Fifty times becomes irritating – at least to me.
Good, very worthwhile book overall.