Forrest’s Reviews > The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality > Status Update

I love the premise of this book. I'm afraid the scope is not entirely in line with my understanding of relativity and quantum dynamics. There's a lot of information I already know, so I might not be the right audience. I keep waiting for Egginton to cut to the chase and get into the meat, but I may have already tasted much of the meat. The corollaries with Kant and Borges' work in particular are intriguing, though.

I've always loved Borges' fiction, but knowing what I know now about his biography, I think I've found a kindred soul in many ways. I won't go into details because I don't want to impugn anyone I might inadvertently "expose" (past or present). Let's just say that when you're in a foxhole "together," you become friends fast.

Absolutely love this quote by Werner Heisenberg: "We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning".

That was profound enough to write down in my commonplace book (yes, I do keep a commonplace book).

Poor, poor Borges. With his life of tragedy and triumph, the man should have been sainted. Saint Borges. I like the sound of that.

Okay, so I bought another book. Kill me. I mean . . . could you resist this premise? I could not. Call me weak-minded.