A Brief History of Everything (20th Anniversary Edition)

A clarion call for seeing the world as a whole, this philosophical bestseller takes readers through history, from the Big Bang through the 21st centurynow featuring an afterword with the writer-director of the Matrix franchise (San Francisco Chronicle) Join one of the greatest contemporary philosophers on a breathtaking tour of time and the Cosmosfrom the Big Bang right up to the eve of the twenty-first century. This accessible and entertaining summary of Ken Wilbers great ideas has been expanding minds now for two decades, providing a unified field theory of the universe. Along the way, Wilber talks on a host of issues related to that universe, from gender roles, to multiculturalism, environmentalism, and even the meaning of the Internet. This special anniversary edition contains an afterword, a dialogue between the author and Lana Wachowskithe award-winning writer-director of the Matrix film trilogyin which were offered an intimate glimpse into the evolution of Kens thinking and where he stands today. A Brief History of Everything may well be the best introduction to the thought of this man who has been called the Einstein of Consciousness (John White).