The knowledge machine : how an unreasonable idea created modern science
Strevens, Michael2022
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Over the last three centuries, huge leaps in our scientific understanding and, as a result, in our technology have completely transformed our way of life and our vision of the universe. Why is science so powerful? And why did we take so long to invent it - two thousand years after the invention of philosophy, mathematics and other disciplines that are the mark of civilisation? 'The Knowledge Machine' gives a radical answer, exploring how science calls on its practitioners to do something not supremely rational but rather apparently irrational: strip away all previous knowledge - such as theological or metaphysical beliefs - in order to channel unprecedented energy into observation and experiment.
Main title:
The knowledge machine : how an unreasonable idea created modern science / Michael Strevens.
Author:
Strevens, Michael, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2022.
Collation:
368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141981260 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
500
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2236350
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Hill Library | Adult non-fiction | 500 | Available |
| Whitton Library | Adult non-fiction | 500 | Available |