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.
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ISBN
9780571317387
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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