Waarom Bestaat De Wereld? Een Existentiële Detective by Jim Holt

Een Existentiële Detective

A probing, accessible investigation into the central metaphysical question of why there is something rather than nothing, told as a mix of personal travelogue, interviews, history of ideas and philosophical argument. The narrative brings together scientists, theologians and philosophers to examine proposals—God, metaphysical necessity, the multiverse, quantum creation—and shows the strengths and limits of each approach, exposing how deep assumptions and scientific uncertainty shape the debate. Rather than offering a definitive answer, the book highlights the mystery’s intellectual richness and the ways human curiosity and reasoning confront the ultimately perplexing existence of the world.