Life is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free And Unlocked the Universe - Couverture rigide

McFadden, JohnJoe

 
9781529364934: Life is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free And Unlocked the Universe
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ISBN 10 : 1529364930 ISBN 13 : 9781529364934
Editeur : Basic Books, 2021

Synopsis

'The most sheerly enjoyable history of science of recent years' The Spectator

'This is one of the best science books I have read in a decade' Paul Davies

Life is Simple tells the remarkable story of how a thirteenth century monk's search for simplicity led to the emergence of the modern world.

We begin in the turbulent times of the medieval friar, William of Occam, who first articulated the principle that the best answer to any problem is the simplest. This theory, known as Occam's razor, cut through the thickets of medieval metaphysics to clear a path for modern science. We follow the razor in the hands of the giants of science, from Copernicus, to Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Rubin and Higgs. Its success suggests that we live in the simplest possible habitable universe and supports the revolutionary theory that our cosmos has evolved.


By highlighting the very human passion, curiosity, mistakes and struggles of those who were inspired by Occam's razor to create the modern world, Johnjoe McFadden provides new insight into what science is really about. And that the principle of simplicity is as relevant today as ever.

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À propos de l?auteur

JohnJoe McFadden is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey. He has published over 100 academic journal articles and has written extensively for a more popular audience in the Guardian, Washington Post and Frankfurter Allgemeine. He has also published a number of popular science books, most recently Life on the Edge with Jim Al-Khalili (Black Swan 2014).

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Éditeur
Basic Books
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1529364930
ISBN 13 
9781529364934
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
384
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ISBN 10 :  1541620445 ISBN 13 :  9781541620445
Editeur : Basic Books, 2021
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