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SCIENCE IN THE LOOKING GLASS
WHAT DO SCIENTISTS REALLY KNOW? |
| By: |
E. Brian Davies |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£35.49 |
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£34.43 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198525435 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198525431 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
7 August, 2003 |
| Pages: |
308 |
| Description: |
How do scientific conjectures become laws? Why does proof mean different things in different sciences? Do numbers exist, or were they invented? Why do some laws turn out to be wrong? Experience shows that disentangling scientific knowledge from opinion is harder than one might expect. Full of illuminating examples and quotations, and with a scope ranging from psychology and evolution to quantum theory and mathematics, this book brings alive issues at the heart ofall science. |
| Synopsis: |
In this wide-ranging book, Brian Davies discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. He looks at science historically, emphasizing not only the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, but also their mistakes. He rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology. A major feature of the book is its defence of the view that mathematics was invented rather than discovered. A large number of examples are used to illustrate these points, and many of the deep issues in today's world discussed - from psychology and evolution to quantum theory, consciousness and even religious belief. Disentangling knowledge from opinion and aspiration is a hard task, but this book provides a clear guide to the difficulties. |
| Illustrations: |
29 b/w line figs; 8 b/w halftone figs |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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Returnable |
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