The Fabric of Reality
by David Deutsch
Why explanations matter more than predictions—and how light experiments reveal parallel universes. Simple, fun versions for curious minds and parents.
The kid who wanted WHY, the trampoline of space, the magic oracle box, and the pyramid of knowledge.
Chapter 1 – The Theory of EverythingTorch in a dark room, photons in packets, the double-slit experiment, shadow photons, and the multiverse.
Chapter 2 – ShadowsKnowledge by conjecture and refutation; why induction fails; good explanations are hard to vary; the four strands.
Chapter 3 – Problem-SolvingReality kicks back. Galileo, solipsism refuted, boundaries of reality, and mathematical reality.
Chapter 4 – Criteria for RealityVR as self-similarity; what we can render; brains as VR generators; fiction vs fact.
Chapter 5 – Virtual RealityUniversal computers, Cantgotu limits, self-similarity, and why reality is comprehensible.
Chapter 6 – Universality and the Limits of ComputationMath as explanatory reality; proofs as computations; intuitionism's flaw; math–science unity.
Chapter 7 – The Nature of Mathematics