Booklab

BookLab 006: The Island of Knowledge; Orfeo; Why Does the World Exist?

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Featured Book: The Island of Knowledge, by Marcelo Gleiser. Are there limits to what science can discover? Marcelo Gleiser says that no matter how far science progresses, there’s always something that’s unknowable. And on the nightstand:  Orfeo, by Richard Powers; and Why Does the World Exist? By Jim Holt.