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The Last Unknowns: Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions about the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning

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The Last Unknowns: Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions about the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the MeaningDiscover the universe's last unknowns here are the unanswered questions that obsess the world's finest minds (The Guardian) Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow This is a little book of profound questions (only questions ) unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest

Discover the universe's last unknowns--here are the unanswered questions that obsess the world's finest minds (The Guardian)

Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow

This is a little book of profound questions (only questions )--unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-winning novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and theorists. In The Last Unknowns, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, asks a mind-blowing gathering of innovative thinkers (Booklist): What is 'The Last Question, ' your last question, the question for which you will be remembered?

Featuring the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel JARED DIAMOND - Nobel Prize-winning University of Chicago economist RICHARD THALER - Harvard psychologist STEVEN PINKER - religion scholar ELAINE PAGELS - author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics CARLO ROVELLI - Booker Prize-winning novelist IAN McEWAN - neuroscientist SAM HARRIS - philosopher DANIEL C. DENNETT - MIT theorist SHERRY TURKLE - decoder of the human genome J. CRAIG VENTER - The Coddling of the American Mind author JONATHAN HAIDT - Nobel Prize-winning physicist FRANK WILCZEK - UC Berkeley psychologist ALISON GOPNICK - philosopher REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN - New York Times columnist CARL ZIMMER - MIT cosmologist MAX TEGMARK - Whole Earth founder STEWART BRAND - Marginal Revolution economist TYLER COWEN - Anatomy of Love author HELEN FISHER - Noble Prize-winning NASA physicist JOHN C. MATHER - psychologist JUDITH RICH HARRIS - Princeton physicist FREEMAN DYSON - musician BRIAN ENO - environmental scientist JENNIFER JACQUET - Duke economist DAN ARIELY - Oxford philosopher A. C. GRAYLING - Harvard cosmologist LISA RANDALL - anthropologist MARY CATHERINE BATESON - Emotional Intelligence author DANIEL GOLEMAN - Harvard genticist GEORGE CHURCH - Blueprint author NICHOLAS A. CHRISTAKIS - Stanford political scientist MARGARET LEVI - economist ALAN S. BLINDER - publisher TIM O'REILLY - theoretical cosmologist JANNA LEVIN - Serpentine Gallery owner HANS ULRICH OBRIST - Wired founding editor KEVIN KELLY - Cambridge astrophysicist MARTIN REES, and more than 200 others.




Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 06/04/2019
ISBN: 9780062897947
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.20h x 5.00w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/08/2019
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Eric Stampher
Carnegie, US
★★★★★ 5
Can't ask for more, but I want more.
Format: Hardcover
Really, this is just a start. Any commentary is. But this is one of the best because it proceeds from a radical premise: the whole Bible is from God, giving His point of view and superceding that of the human author. Not that this is promoted self-consciously or consistently from each contributor. But the structure of the enterprise is such that they are sucked back into presenting how it is that the old testament is so thoroughly imbued in NT writings, including in ways which both OT and NT writers could not have intended. Treading down this path forces us to question all those teachings we've had where we were told: "Matthew (or Paul or John ...) here had in mind xyz." When Matthew wrote his gospel, we might now surmise that we can't be sure what he himself had in mind, because what we wrote was superintended to the degree that Matthew's sinful thoughts were NOT what ended up on parchment. God's thoughts are there, pure and untainted by Matthew's natural limitations and sin. Attempts to work from Matthew's sinful thoughts and culture to God's meaning miss the point that whatever Matthew was in his head was NOT the end product that flowed out his quill. Remember when Caiaphas spoke what he thought naturally about how it is better for one man to die rather than the whole nation take a hit? He meant it for evil, but God superintended it to be ultimate truth, regardless of that speaker's intent. Same with all holy writings. Yes, holy men of old spake as they were moved, but their holiness does not naturally come out in uncontaminated speech -- that takes a special work of God. This commentary allows for that premise. There's something way more than human going on that ties this whole Bible together in one theme from one Writer. Don't get me wrong, not all these contributors seem to subscribe to my radical conclusions above, although I think the editors do. And their prescribed structure for this commentary nudge the contributors into a path that I think leads to a more theocentric authorship. So this is a good start, but nothing beats trying to read the Bible itself from God's point of view, rather than the hallowed and misguided grammatial-historical human focused approach.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2008
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Craig Stephans
Carnegie, US
★★★★★ 5
An Excellent Resource for all Students of the Bible
Format: Hardcover
This is an incredible resource that looks at New Testament passages in their relation to the Old Testament. The authors go well beyond mere cross referencing and provide in-depth exegetical commentary on the New Testament and the Old Testament contexts. The writers adeptly address specific and general references by the New Testament to the Old Testament. The authors of the chapters of the book are seasoned Biblical writers that incorporate the best from existing commentaries on their subjects in addition to offering their own profound insights. This is a rich resources that is simple, cogent, well written and easy to read. Each chapter has extensive bibliographies indicating the thoroughness of the research. This is a resource book to definitely add to your library for personal devotional use, a writing resource or a preaching resource. I am very pleased with it so far. Craig Stephans, author of
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JENNIFER HUNT
Los Angeles, US
★★★★★ 5
Great book by a wonderful Christian author!
Format: Hardcover
David Jeremiah books are great reading and study material. Purchased most of his books!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2025
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Anthony J
Dallas, US
★★★★★ 5
Sobering yet encouraging
Format: Kindle
As always David Jeremiah is clear and precisely on target. We already see what he's pointing at. He just makes sure that we don't miss what it means both in terms of the future and in terms of what we need to do in the present.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2025

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