What Do Scientists Really Know?
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Köp båda 2 för 856 krBrian Rotman, Times Literary Supplement Review from previous edition An original and superbly intelligent attempt by someone who knows and loves the subject, to challenge the misconceptions and transcendental mysteries that cling so beguilingly to mathematics... accessible, non-technical style... fresh and exhilarating.
Physics Today Science in the Looking Glass is worth reading in your leisure time. It is stimulating even when you disagree with the author.
Notices of the AMS ...it is a brilliant work, beautifully written, and brimming with surprising information and stimulating philosophical speculations.
Bill Rowe, American Journal of Psychology I highly recommend this book and hope that it is widely read by scientists and laypeople alike.
<br>Professor E. B. Davies<br>Department of Mathematics<br>King's College London<br>
1. Perception and Language; 2. Theories of the Mind; 3. Arithmetic; 4. How Hard can Problems get?; 5. Pure Mathematics; 6. Mechanics and Astronomy; 7. Probability and Quantum Theory; 8. Is Evolution a Theory?; 9. Against Reductionism; 10. Some Final Thoughts