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The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age
John Horgan
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Description for The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age
Paperback. A reissue of the classic work by John Horgan wherein he makes the powerful case that science is ending Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
In The End of Science, John Horgan makes the case that the era of truly profound scientific revelations about the universe and our place in it is over. Interviewing scientific luminaries such as Stephen Hawking, Francis Crick, and Richard Dawkins, he demonstrates that all the big questions that can be answered have been answered, as science bumps up against fundamental limits. The world cannot give us a “theory of everything,” and modern endeavors such as string theory are “ironic” and “theological” in nature, not scientific, because they are impossible to confirm. Horgan’s argument was controversial in 1996, and it remains ... Read more
In The End of Science, John Horgan makes the case that the era of truly profound scientific revelations about the universe and our place in it is over. Interviewing scientific luminaries such as Stephen Hawking, Francis Crick, and Richard Dawkins, he demonstrates that all the big questions that can be answered have been answered, as science bumps up against fundamental limits. The world cannot give us a “theory of everything,” and modern endeavors such as string theory are “ironic” and “theological” in nature, not scientific, because they are impossible to confirm. Horgan’s argument was controversial in 1996, and it remains ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465065929
SKU
V9780465065929
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About John Horgan
John Horgan, a science journalist, writes the “Cross-check” blog for Scientific American, and directs the Center for Science Writings at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Reviews for The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age
E. O. Wilson, Harvard University "Hugely entertaining." Washington Post Book World "In this wonderful, provocative book... Horgan's approach is to take us along while he buttonholes several dozen of earth's crankiest, most opinionated, most exasperating scientists to get their views on where science is and where it's going... They all come to life in Horgan's narrative." Associated Press "An unauthorized ... Read more