ISBN 0195116992

Uitgever Oxford University Press, Inc.

Taal Engels

Categorie studieboeken,wetenschap

Meer info 1998, 534 pp. Paperback. Linkerrand achterkaft lichte gebruikssporen (zie foto). In goede staat. pakket

Extra informatie This book is a report of the scientific campaign up to now. It is not a history of science but rather an account of the major battles, the frequently eccentric generals and the ways in which science has deeply influenced man's picture of the world and of himself. It is not a final summing-up. We know that we are far from a real understanding of nature. We press on. Michelangelo's divine discontent gives us no rest. And although the history of science may be a trail littered with broken theories and discarded concepts, science is also a triumph of reason, luck, and above all imagination. There are few more successful, exciting, or strange journeys.