I held my breath in anxiety during many of the chapters. Infinite is twisted, and curvy and outright surprising. The first question I would ask Author Brian Freeman if I interviewed him in person is: “Can I crawl into your mind while you’re writing?” I have a feeling it would be an interesting place to reside as his words appear on the computer screen. Can Dylan use these alternate realities to get a second chance at the life that was stolen from him? Or will he lose himself…to himself? My Review Now those parallel universes are unlocked-and Dylan’s doppelgänger has staked a claim to his world. She says he has been undergoing a unique hypnotherapy treatment built on the idea that with every choice, he creates an infinite number of parallel universes. Dylan initially chalks it up to trauma, but that changes when he runs into a psychiatrist who claims he’s her patient. In the aftermath, through his grief, Dylan experiences sudden, strange visions: wherever he goes, he’s haunted by glimpses of himself. In this chapter, Dyson crosses the border between science and science fiction and he frames his speculations in a slightly theological context.One rainy night, the unthinkable happens: Dylan Moran’s car plunges off the road into a raging river, his beautiful wife drowning as he struggles to shore. Chapter 6 is an exercise in eschatology, trying to define possible futures for life and for the universe, from here to infinity. The question of why life characteristically tends toward extremes of diversity remains central in all attempts to understand lifes place in the universe.

Chapter 5 continues the discussion of the nature and evolution of life. Chapter 4, concerned with the origin of life, describes the ideas of six illustrious scientists who have struggled to understand the nature of life from various points of view. He uses the cities of Manchester and Athens as symbols of these two ways of approaching science. Chapter 3 is concerned with the history of science and describes two contrasting styles in science: one welcoming diversity and the other deploring it. Chapter 2 is a one-hour tour of the universe that emphasizes the diversity of viewpoints from which the universe can be encountered as well as the diversity of objects which it contains.

Chapter 1 is a brief explanation of Dysons attitudes toward religion and science. They allowed Dyson the license to express everything in the universe, which he divided into two parts in polished prose: focusing on the diversity of the natural world as the first, and the diversity of human reactions as the second half. The book is a revised version of a series of the Gifford Lectures under the title In Praise of Diversity given at Aberdeen, Scotland. In Dysons view, science and religion are two windows through which we can look out at the world around us. Book Synopsis Infinite in All Directions is a popularized science at its best.

Infinite by Brian Freeman