Tackling the "darkest question in all of philosophy" with "raffish erudition" (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This runaway bestseller, which has captured the imagination of critics and the[...]

'Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?' remains the most curious and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Moving away from the narrower paths of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking, the celebrated essayist Jim Holt now enters this fascinating debate with his br[...]

'Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?' remains the most curious and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. The author traces all our efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. As he pieces together a solution - while offering useful insights into time, consciousness, and eternit[...]