The Unnatural Nature of Science: Why Science Does Not Make (Common) Sense

Lewis Wolpert

ISBN 10: 0571164900 / ISBN 13: 9780571164905

Edité par Faber and Faber Ltd, London, UK, 1992

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Pages slightly tanned towards the edges, fourth printing of the 1992 first edition.

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• Titre: The Unnatural Nature of Science: Why Science Does Not Make (Common) Sense
• Éditeur: Faber and Faber Ltd, London, UK
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0571164900
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780571164905
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realise just how "unnatural" science actually is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the author argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and that common sense often makes no sense at all. A passionate advocate of the beauty and importance of science, the author examines a range of issues, including why science and technology are quite different, why psychoanalysis is not properly scientific and why philosophers and sociologists have made so little contribution to understanding science's true nature. He demonstrates the folly of holding scientists responsible for many of society's problems, and the equal folly of looking to science for a miracle cure.