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To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science Hardback - 2015

by Steven Weinberg

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A masterful commentary on the history of science from the Greeks to modern times, by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg--a thought-provoking and important book by one of the most distinguished scientists and intellectuals of our time.

In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we understand about the world--they did not understand what there is to understand, or how to understand it. Yet over the centuries, through the struggle to solve such mysteries as the curious backward movement of the planets and the rise and fall of the tides, the modern discipline of science eventually emerged. Along the way, Weinberg examines historic clashes and collaborations between science and the competing spheres of religion, technology, poetry, mathematics, and philosophy.

An illuminating exploration of the way we consider and analyze the world around us, To Explain the World is a sweeping, ambitious account of how difficult it was to discover the goals and methods of modern science, and the impact of this discovery on human knowledge and development.

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  • Title To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science
  • Author Steven Weinberg
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper, New York, NY
  • Publication date 2015-02
  • ISBN 9780062346650 / 0062346652
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.33 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.38 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014030253
  • Dewey Decimal Code 509

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