Glad to have found a book addressing this topic. Holt is a writer by trade and that shows—he knows how to make a book readable to the general public without straying too far from the book’s central purpose. Although I only partially agree with his conclusion, I appreciate the amount of work he put into addressing a wide range of possible answers. Would recommend to anyone who isn’t religious ;)

A fascinating investigation into the question of 'Why is there something instead of nothing?' Mr. Holt consults with the leading theorists, physicists and philosophers today and draws upon historical theories to create a compelling detective story.

Holt tours the beliefs and claims of leading philosophers on the points of existence over non and adds quite a bit of his own. It reads effortlessly, delves fearlessly and sidesteps the pretensions that can be a pitfall in conveying the profundity of these matters. It never bogs and through it all Holts very human reflections bring about a much needed clarity of home-perspective.