《无穷的开始》是一次大胆的、包罗万象的智力探险。戴维·多伊奇探索那些使我们理解现实世界怎样运转的重大问题。《真实世界的脉络》描述了我们当前知识中最深刻的4条支线——进化、量子物理学、知识和运算，以及它们带来的世界观。《无穷的开始》将这种世界观应用于许多不同的话题和未解问题，涉及到自由意志、创造力与自然规律、人类的未来与起源、现实与表象、解释与无穷。
多伊奇秉持坚定的理性和乐观态度，对人类选择、科学解释和文化进化的性质得出了惊人的新结论。他的立场并非来自充满希望的格言，而来自关于现实世界怎样运转的事实。他的核心结论是，“解释”在宇宙中有着基础性的地位。解释的范围和造成改变的能力是无穷无尽的。它们唯一的创造者——诸如人类这样能够思考的生物——是宇宙万物中最重要的实体。一切事物都在理性的延伸范围内，不仅是科学和数学，还有道德哲学、政治哲学和美学。在通用物理规律允许的情况下，进步没有限制。

Quantum Theory, together with the principles of special and general relativity, constitute a scientific revolution that has profoundly influenced the way in which we think about the universe and the fundamental forces that govern it. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is a definitive historical study of that scientific work and the human struggles that accompanied it from the beginning. Drawing upon such materials as the resources of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics, the Niels Bohr Archives, and the archives and scientific correspondence of the principal quantum physicists, as well as Jagdish Mehra's personal discussions over many years with most of the architects of quantum theory, the authors have written a rigorous scientific history of quantum theory in a deeply human context. This multivolume work presents a rich account of an intellectual triumph: a unique analysis of the creative scientific process. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is science, history, and biography, all wrapped in the story of a great human enterprise. Its lessons will be an aid to those working in the sciences and humanities alike.