Ervin Laszlo tackles some pretty heavy issues in his book, Science and the Akashic Field, okay, maybe I understated that a bit; He tackles the heaviest issues in this book.
Let me start off by saying, you must read this book; if you care at all about metaphysics, then you need to pick this up today.
Laszlo points out that science has done a great job throughout history to show us how thing are, but it has failed to answer the most important question…WHY?