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On science. B.K. Ridley.
Series: Thinking in actionPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.Description: x, 225 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0415249805 (pbk.) :
- Q175 .R468 2001
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Summary: Thinking in Action is a major new series that takes philosophy to the public. Each book in the series is written by a major international philosopher or thinker, engages with an important contemporary topic and is clearly and accessibly written. The series informs and sharpens debate on topics as wide ranging as the internet, religion, the problems of immigration, and the way we think about science. Short, stimulating and provocative, Thinking in Action is an indispensable series of books for anyone who wants to think seriously about major issues confronting us today.Summary: Can science explain everything? Ridley, a physicist himself, explores this question and more in this compelling exploration of both the scope and limits of science. Tracing back to the roots of scientific thinking in a world of "magical ideals", he argues that science shares more with magic than we are often led to believe.
The Limits of Science -- Metascience -- Science and Magic -- The Magical Theory of Everything -- The Music of the Spheres -- Science and Mathematics -- Numbers -- Quantum Magic -- Science and the Mind -- Science and Society -- Science and Art -- Science and Sensibility.
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| Q 175 .K954 The essential tension : selected studies in scientific tradition and change / | Q 175 .M326 1968 Man and the science of man, | Q 175 .N22 The structure of science; problems in the logic of scientific explanation. | Q 175 .R468 2001 On science. | Q 175 .R55 Mind and brain; a philosophy of science. | Q 175 .S215 1997 The demon-haunted world : science as a candle in the dark. | Q 175 .S4 1963 Science : its method and outlook. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-220) and index.
The Limits of Science -- Metascience -- Science and Magic -- The Magical Theory of Everything -- The Music of the Spheres -- Science and Mathematics -- Numbers -- Quantum Magic -- Science and the Mind -- Science and Society -- Science and Art -- Science and Sensibility.
Thinking in Action is a major new series that takes philosophy to the public. Each book in the series is written by a major international philosopher or thinker, engages with an important contemporary topic and is clearly and accessibly written. The series informs and sharpens debate on topics as wide ranging as the internet, religion, the problems of immigration, and the way we think about science. Short, stimulating and provocative, Thinking in Action is an indispensable series of books for anyone who wants to think seriously about major issues confronting us today.
Can science explain everything? Ridley, a physicist himself, explores this question and more in this compelling exploration of both the scope and limits of science. Tracing back to the roots of scientific thinking in a world of "magical ideals", he argues that science shares more with magic than we are often led to believe.
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