In To Explain the World, pre-eminent theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg offers a rich and irreverent history of science from a unique perspective - that of a scientist. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, he shows that the scientists of the past not only did not understand what we understand about the world - they did not understand what there is to understand.
Yet eventually, through the struggle to solve such mysteries as the backward movement of the planets and the rise and fall of tides, the modern discipline of science emerged.
| ISBN: | 9780141980874 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2016 |
| Author: | Steven Weinberg |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Genres: |
History of science Philosophy of science |
In To Explain the World, pre-eminent theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg offers a rich and irreverent history of science from a unique perspective - that of a scientist. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, he shows that the scientists of the past not only did not understand what we understand about the world - they did not understand what there is to understand.
To Explain the World features in the following genres: History of science, Philosophy of science
Paperback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
To Explain the World was written by Steven Weinberg and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
To Explain the World has 432 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.