The Ascent of Science
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
- Publish date: 04/01/2000
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From the revolutionary discoveries of Galileo and Newton to the mind-bending theories of Einstein and Heisenberg, from plate tectonics to particle physics, from the origin of life to universal entropy, and from biology to cosmology, here is a sweeping, readable, and dynamic account of the whole of Western science.
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In the approachable manner and method of Stephen Jay Gould and Cart Sagan, the late Brian L. Silver translates our most important, and often most obscure, scientific developments into a vernacular that is not only accessible and illuminating but also enjoyable. Silver makes his comprehensive case with much clarity and insight; his book aptly locates science as the apex of human reason, and reason as our best path to the truth. For all readers curious about -- or else perhaps intimidated by -- what Sliver calls "the scientific campaign up to now", The Ascent of Science will be fresh, vivid, and fascinating reading.
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