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|title=Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story

|author=Jim Holt

|date=June 2012

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846682444</amazonuk>

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|summary=Why is there something, rather than nothing? Guiding us through some of the most popular scientific, theological and philosophical theories dealing with the most basic conundrum of existence, Jim Holt tackles this centuries old question in a clear, accessible style, leavened by his wry sense of humour.

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In ''The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'' Douglas Adam’s famously suggested that the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything was forty-two, although it quickly turns out nobody knows what the ultimate question is, rendering the answer meaningless. In ''Why Does the World Exist?'', Jim Holt explores potential answers to what could be considered the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything – why is there something, rather than nothing? And the answer’s certainly not forty-two.