Name: Science, Truth, and Meaning: From Wonder to Understanding (en Inglés)
SKU: 54679554
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Author: Webb, Benjamin L. J.
ISBN: 9789811233074

portada Science, Truth, and Meaning: From Wonder to Understanding (en Inglés)

Science, Truth, and Meaning: From Wonder to Understanding (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Benjamin L. J. Webb

Editorial

World Scientific Publishing Company

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

720

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x3.7 cm

Peso

0.95 kg.

ISBN13

9789811233074

Categorías

Filosofía de la ciencia
Influencia de la ciencia y la tecnología sobre la sociedad

Science, Truth, and Meaning: From Wonder to Understanding (en Inglés)

Benjamin L. J. Webb (Autor) · World Scientific Publishing Company · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Science, Truth, and Meaning: From Wonder to Understanding (en Inglés)"

Science, Truth, and Meaning presents a scientific and philosophical examination of our place in the world. It also celebrates how diverse, scientific knowledge is interconnected and reducible to common foundations.The book focuses on aspects of scientific truth that relate to our understanding of reality, and confronts whether truth is absolute or relative to what we are. Hence, it assesses the meaning of the scientific deductions we have made and how they have profoundly influenced our conception of life and existence.The subtitle is 'From Wonder to Understanding', which is a paraphrased quote from Einstein, who said that the search for scientific truth is ' ... a continual flight from wonder to understanding'.In addressing the goal of advancing our understanding of our place in the world, this book also reveals the development and details of diverse sciences, their connections and achievements, and that while perhaps the same fundamental questions exist, they are seen in the light of an ever-refined scientific perspective on reality.Why the book is needed: many popular science books have been written, aimed at different levels of subject expertise, and nearly all treat their specific subject in isolation. Few attempt to link different sciences to their common foundations, and those that do are written by physicists. Since human knowledge is derived by, and relates to, the biological organism that human beings are, then such a book written from a biological perspective represents a novel perspective on the integration of science, and addresses new questions. This is such a book.Impressive aspects: the depth, breadth, consistency, and clarity of the work.