Theise is a conscientious teacher and makes sure we are armed with all the necessary empirical concepts for better understanding ... The sheer density of Theise’s insights occasionally makes them difficult to parse, but time spent reading this slender work offers a compelling retreat into the exhilarating and oddly reassuring world of complexity.
The author is enthusiastic and convincing in his demonstrations of the universe’s vast interconnectedness, consistently showing us how it is much greater than the sum of its parts ... Not all will agree, but few will be uninterested.
... disjointed ... Readers will struggle to keep up as Theise weaves together dizzyingly eclectic reflections ... Further hampered by abstruse jargon... this doesn’t live up to its grand ambitions.
