Born in Haifa, Israel, David Deutsch was educated at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a professor of physics at the University of Oxford, where he is a member of the Centre for Quantum Computation. His papers on quantum computation laid the foundations for that field, and he is an authority on the theory of parallel universes. His honors include the Institute of Physics' Paul Dirac Prize and Medal. The author of The Fabric of Reality, he lives in England.
"Brilliant and exhilarating . . . Deutsch is so smart, and so
strange, and so creative, and so inexhaustibly curious, and so
vividly intellectually alive, that it is a distinct privilege to
spend time in his head." --The New York Times Book
Review
"[Deutsch] makes the case for infinite progress and such passion,
imagination, and quirky brilliance that I couldn't help enjoying
his argument. . . . [He] mounts a compelling challenge to
scientific reductionism." --The Wall Street Journal
“A deep theory of why humanity is destined to make progress may be
found in David Deutsch’s dazzling The Beginning of Infinity.
Deutsch presents science as a force for betterment, since it impels
us to explain the world while forcing us to acknowledge our
fallibility.” – Steven Pinker, The Guardian
"Provocative and persuasive . . . Address[es] subjects from
artificial intelligence to the evolution of culture and
creativity." --The Economist
“[Deutsch’s books] are among the most ambitious works of nonfiction
I have read, in that their aim is no less than an explanation of
all reality. . . . They are treatises that weave together not just
physics and astronomy but biology, mathematics, computer science,
political science, psychology, philosophy, aesthetics, and—most
important for Deutsch—epistemology, among other fields, in
fashioning a profound new view of the world and the
universe.” --The New Yorker’s Book Bench
“Deutsch has an important message . . . that our destiny is to be
explainers of the world around us, and explaining is the key to our
mastery. . . . He writes clearly and thinks wisely. His book could
help the world toward better ways of dealing with its
problems.” --Freeman Dyson, The New York Review of Books
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