To Explain the World : The Discovery of Modern Science

To Explain the World : The Discovery of Modern Science
To Explain the World : The Discovery of Modern Science
Penguin Books
Weinberg Steven
2016-02-01
432
129 x 198 mm
paperback

Published: 2016-02-01
Pages: 432
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Format: 129 x 198 mm

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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.
Author
Weinberg Steven
Published
2016-02-01
Pages
432
Format
129 x 198 mm
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paperback

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