Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story

Jim Holt

Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story

By page

Bar chart showing 10 resonances across 321 pages, one bar per page. Page 23: 2 resonancesPage 24: 3 resonancesPage 25: 2 resonancesPage 26: 1 resonancePage 27: 1 resonancePage 28: 1 resonance 150100150200250300321

By density

Ink-density chart: darker bands mark stretches of pages with more resonances, across 321 pages, 10 total.

By passage

Constellation chart: one mark per resonant passage, 10 marks across 321 pages.

By page, grouped

Punch-card grid: one cell per page, filled squares mark resonances, 10 total across 321 pages. Page 23: 2 resonancesPage 24: 3 resonancesPage 25: 2 resonancesPage 26: 1 resonancePage 27: 1 resonancePage 28: 1 resonance
6 resonant pages
PageResonances
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252
261
271
281