Brief History of Everything (20th Anniversary Edition)

<b>A clarion call for seeing the world as a whole this philosophical bestseller takes readers through history from the Big Bang through the 21st century--now featuring an afterword with the writer-director of the <i>Matrix</i> franchise (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>)</b> <p/> Join one of the greatest contemporary philosophers on a breathtaking tour of time and the Cosmos--from the Big Bang right up to the eve of the twenty-first century. This accessible and entertaining summary of Ken Wilber's 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. <p/> This special anniversary edition contains an afterword a dialogue between the author and Lana Wachowski--the award-winning writer-director of the <i>Matrix</i> film trilogy--in which we're offered an intimate glimpse into the evolution of Ken's thinking and where he stands today. <i>A Brief History of Everything</i> may well be the best introduction to the thought of this man who has been called the Einstein of Consciousness (John White).