The End Of Science
Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age
$65.02
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 March 1998
Summary
As a writer for SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, John Horgan has an unsurpassed window on contemporary science, routinely interviewing the scientific geniuses of our times, scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen Hawking, Karl Popper and Noam Chomsky. In THE END OF SCIENCE, Horgan displays his genius for getting these larger-than-life figures to be human, whilst also encouraging them to confront the very limits of knowledge. Have the big questions all been answered Has all the k…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349109268 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349109265 |
| Author: | John Horgan |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 1998 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 21mm |
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A fine example of popular science writing. Accessible, argumentative, stimulating, informative, highly polished and hugely enjoyable … this is a feast of a book - TES
I wish I could write like John Horgan … [he] has a novelist’s eye for character revealing detail, and we can almost see, as well as hear these scientists engaging in their passionate arguments. - NEW SCIENTISTHorgan covers a stunning set of thinkers, with whom he discusses a remarkable range of scientific ideas - FINANCIAL TIMESA hugely entertaining book, certain to create controversy. - E.O WilsonAbout The Author
John Horgan
John Horgan is a senior writer at SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. His articles have appeared in THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW REPUBLIC, DISCOVER, NEW SCIENTIST and OMNI. He lives in New York State’s Hudson Valley with his wife and two children.
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