The Beginning of Infinity-轻识

A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers.

Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that "explanations" have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor. This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach, according to Deutsch: we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve.

In his previous book, "The Fabric of Reality," Deutsch describe the four deepest strands of existing knowledge-the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation-arguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality. In this new book, he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species. Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice, optimism, scientific explanation, and the evolution of culture, "The Beginning of Infinity" is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind.

戴维·多伊奇（David Deutsch），美国著名的量子物理学家，在量子物理学方面的研究颇有影响力，受到高度赞誉。他关于量子计算的论文奠定了该领域的基础，开辟了计算理论和物理学的新领域，在全世界范围内激发了大量相关研究。

戴维·多伊奇生于以色列海法市，在英国剑桥大学和牛津大学受教育。在美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校度过几年之后，他回到牛津，目前在牛津生活和工作。他自1999年起担任牛津大学不领薪的物理学访问教授，是牛津大学克拉伦登实验室量子计算中心的成员。

他于1998年获得英国物理学会的保罗·狄拉克奖及奖章，这是英国物理学会理事会颁发的理论物理最高奖项，用于奖励“理论物理（包括数学物理和计算物理）领域的杰出贡献”。2002年，他因“在量子计算机科学方面的理论工作”获得第四届国际量子通信奖。