The Knowledge Machine. How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science, Paperback - Michael Strevens

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Michael StrevensNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 23Cover type: Paperback / ...

Reducere. Michael Strevens's "provocative and fascinating" (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times) investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is ...

Reducere. "The Knowledge Machine is the most stunningly illuminating book of the last several decades regarding the all-important scientific enterprise." --R...

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Michael BrooksNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 22Cover type: Paperback / ...

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Michael BrooksNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 32Cover type: HardbackRede...

DescriptionMany philosophers believe they can gain knowledge about the world from the comfort of their armchairs, simply by reflecting on the natur...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engine...

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Reducere. DescriptionAt the beginning of the 21st century, science and philosophy are at the crossroads. The achievements of science and technology in the pr...

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This immersive dive into the life and work of Salvador Dal unlocks the secret of this creative genius and reveals for the first time how his erotic...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Isabelle StengersNumber of pages: 200Collection: Theory Out Of BoundsPublication date: 2000Dimen...

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The fascinating history of electromagnetism and how, in the not-so-distant future, the Earth's poles will switch places - with potentially catastro...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Peter PesicIllustration(s): 143 figuresNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 203 x 231 x 28Cover...

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A story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison's passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the b...

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The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device,...

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Science is often presented as a set of propositions to affirm. On those terms, the existence of God becomes yet another such proposition, and all s...

Reducere. DescriptionNow in its third edition, The Rise of Early Modern Science argues that to understand why modern science arose in the West it is essentia...

Equations lie at the heart of many of the most successful scientific theories. Here, the best-known equations are unpacked for the layman with an e...

A comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500-1700. Articles by leading specialists describe how new ideas, discoveri...

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How is scientific knowledge of social life possible? If there are social sciences, must they employ methods different from those of the natural sci...

Reducere. The Young Muslim's Guide to Modern Science is aimed at high schoolers, university students and teachers, and anyone wanting to understand what mode...

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DescriptionWhy the Observer Needs a Central Place in ScienceThe dominantly materialist outlook of modern science leaves a lot unexplained. This inc...

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Brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader provides a stunning history of human exploration and assesses where our desire to explore could take us next.

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Reducere. DescriptionHarness the power of MATLAB to resolve a wide range of machine learning challenges. This book provides a series of examples of technolog...

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Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Professor Ian StewartIllustration(s): c. 40 lineNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x ...

Reducere. A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many of ...

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Illustrates how Oxford scholar Robert Burton used the resources available to a seventeenth century academic: genres and languages, as well as acade...

A major new history of the century-long debate over what a Jewish state should beMany Zionists who advocated for the creation of a Jewish state env...