The End Of Science - Couverture souple

Horgan, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349109265 ISBN 13 : 9780349109268

Editeur : Abacus, 1998

Synopsis

As a writer for SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, John Horgan has an unsurpassed window on contemporary science, routinely interviewing the scientific geniuses of our times, scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen Hawking, Karl Popper and Noam Chomsky. In THE END OF SCIENCE, Horgan displays his genius for getting these larger-than-life figures to be human, whilst also encouraging them to confront the very limits of knowledge. Have the big questions all been answered? Has all the knowledge worth pursuing become known? Will there be a final 'theory of everything' that signals the end? Horgan extracts surprisingly candid answers to these and other delicate questions as he discusses God, Star Trek, superstrings, quarks, consciousness and numerous other topics. In a time where scientific rationality is under fire from every quarter, THE END OF SCIENCE is a witty, thoughtful, profound and entertaining narrative which serves as both a critique of and a homage to modern science.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Horgan is a senior writer at SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. His articles have appeared in THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW REPUBLIC, DISCOVER, NEW SCIENTIST and OMNI. He lives in New York State's Hudson Valley with his wife and two children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Abacus
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349109265
• ISBN 13: 9780349109268
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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