The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science, Paperback - Michael Strevens

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

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...

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

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

Reducere. To the medieval thinker, man was the center of creation, and all of nature existed purely for his benefit. The shift from the philosophy of the Mid...

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

Reducere. To the medieval thinker, man was the center of creation and all of nature existed purely for his benefit. The shift from the philosophy of the Midd...

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

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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-Dan Ariely is a genius at understanding human behavior: no economist does a better job of uncovering and explaining the hidden reasons for the wei...

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...

Reducere. DescriptionUntil the sixteenth century, people believed in magic as a way of explaining how the world worked. Indeed Queen Elizabeth I had a court ...

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

Reducere. Mind and Self is a new translation and commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Sutra framed by new findings from neuroscience and physics that throw light o...

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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.

Reducere. DescriptionA new and expanded edition of one of the decade's most influential education books."The bible of the maker movement in schools" includes...

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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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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`We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, le...

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Reducere. This book is a collection of essays that try to relate two distinct areas of human knowledge: the mystical cosmology of G. I. Gurdjieff, based, acc...

Presents a narrative history that reveals the roots of modern science in the medieval world. This book debunks many of the myths about the Middle A...

This volume covers the period between the 1890s and 1930s, a period that witnessed revolutions in the arts and society which set the agenda for the...

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Reducere. From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us--and always will be In thi...

Reducere. Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science is a collection of essays examining the experiences of Native American tribally controlled colleges and universities...

Cycling Science investigates the scientific wonders that keep the cyclist in the saddle, and how machine and rider work together.

Creating a visual and written timeline of the age of human domination, The Human Age reveals how this era was born, the ways in which it is impacti...

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Reducere. .25% of the books entire profits will be donated to these charities 1.savethechildren & 2.stjude hospital In the same time it's an opportunity for ...

Surveys fundamental concepts and practical methods for creating and curating large knowledge bases. The book covers models and methods for discover...

Across early modern Europe, men and women from all ranks gathered medical, culinary, and food preservation recipes from family and friends, experts...

Three great cosmological worldviews--of the Latin West, ancient Greece, and the Hebrew/Syriac world--arose from a union of ancient and medieval tho...

Haraway's discussions of how scientists have perceived the sexual nature of female primates opens a new chapter in feminist theory, raising unsettl...