The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected: A Natural Philosopher’s Quest for Trout and the Meaning of Everything - Softcover

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<b>A personal and engaging tribute to nature from a world-famous theoretical physicist.&#160;<br> &#160;</b><br> Marcelo&#160;Gleiser&#160;has had a passion for science and fishing since he was a boy growing up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.&#160;As&#160;a world-famous theoretical physicist with hundreds of scientific articles and several books of popular science to his credit, he felt it was time to&#160;once again&#160;connect with nature in less theoretical ways. After seeing a fly-fishing class on the Dartmouth College green, he decided to learn to fly-fish, a hobby, he says, that teaches humility. In<i>&#160;The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected</i>,&#160;Gleiser&#160;travels the world to scientific conferences, fishing wherever he goes. At each stop, he ponders the myriad ways physics informs the act of fishing; how, in its turn, fishing serves as a lens into nature&#8217;s inner workings; and how science engages with questions of meaning and spirituality, inspiring a sense of mystery and awe of the not yet known. Personal and engaging,&#160;<i>The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected</i>&#160;is a scientist&#8217;s tribute to nature, an affirmation of humanity&#8217;s deep connection with and debt to Earth, and an exploration of the meaning of existence, from atom to trout to cosmos.&#160;<br> &#160;<br> This softcover edition features a new essay by&#160;Gleiser&#160;on how we need a profound change of&#160;worldview if we are to have a vibrant future for our species in this fragile environment.&#160;He describes how this book was an incubator for&#160;his&#160;current thinking.

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