The Romance of Reality. How the Universe Self-Organizes, Giving Rise to Life, Consciousness, and the Complexity of the Cosmos

For centuries, the question "Why do we exist?" has occupied philosophers and religious figures, but today, at the dawn of the 21st century, science is seriously intruding into this discussion. In this book, neurobiologist Bobby Azaryan explains what the modern scientific view of reality looks like and explores the long-lasting consequences. Azaryan shows why traditional ideas about the evolution of the universe are beginning to change today and what facts are prompting scientists to seek a new paradigm to explain the world around us. Carl Sagan once said that "we are a way for the cosmos to know itself." "The Romance of Reality" shows that this poetic statement actually rests on a scientific foundation and gives us a new way to understand the cosmos—and nothing supernatural is required. Through a thousand different paths across a diversity of sciences, concepts, and theories, Bobby Azaryan shows us how the Universe self-organizes into a system, creates increasingly complex structures—and moves from chaos to meaning.