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The Beginning of Infinity

by David Deutsch · 2011

David Deutsch's book on explanation, knowledge creation, scientific progress, and why problems remain soluble through better ideas.

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David Deutsch · Quantum computation physicist

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David DeutschQuantum computation physicist

Theoretical physicist and author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity.

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The Beginning of Infinity appears in 1 currently documented source-backed recommendation.

Patrick Collison Co-founder and CEO, Stripe

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Documented citation: Patrick Collison marked The Beginning of Infinity as particularly great on his official bookshelf.

Documented citation Recommended personal-site Bookshelf

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Patrick Collison · mid 2026 note on page; original list kept for posterity · accessed 2026-06-21

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Recommended · Personal bookshelf rating · personal-site Source mid 2026 note on page; original list kept for posterity

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Sam Altman CEO, OpenAI; former head, Y Combinator

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Documented citation: Business Insider reported that Mathias Döpfner asked Altman about his favorite book, identifying David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity.

Documented citation Mentioned article OpenAI's Sam Altman and the father of quantum computing just agreed on a Turing Test 2.0

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Business Insider · 2025-09-24 · accessed 2026-06-21

Business Insider reports that Döpfner asked Altman about his favorite book and identifies the book as Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity.

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Mentioned · Reported event citation · article Source 2025-09-24

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Mark Zuckerberg Co-founder and CEO, Meta

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Documented citation: A Year of Books listed David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity as Zuckerberg's December 28, 2015 selection.

Documented citation Documented citation reference Mark Zuckerberg book club

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Wikipedia · reference page · accessed 2026-06-20

The reference page describes A Year of Books as Zuckerberg's book club and lists The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch as selection 23 on December 28, 2015.

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Documented citation · Book club reference citation · reference Source reference page

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