Nobel Ödülü sahibi ünlü İngiliz düşünürü Bertrand Russell çağımızın ölüm kalım sorunları üstüne çatışmalı ve kalıba sığmayan düşüncelerini sunmaktadır. Bu kitapta Russell, ölüm bildirisi, mutluluk üstüne, felsefe nedir, komünizm ve kapitalizm, güçlülük, insanlığın geleceği ne olabilir, felsefe ve yasa, bilim ve değerleri, bilim ve toplum, insan ve erdem, insan ve mutluluk vb. konulara değinmektedir.
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, was a Welsh philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, pacifist, and prominent rationalist. Although he was usually regarded as English, as he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought."