The Island Of Knowledge: Limits Science And Search For Meaning Marcelo Gleiser Basic Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία General

Do All Questions Have Answers? How Much Can We Know About The World? Is There Such A Thing As An Ultimate Truth?To Be Human To Want But What Are Able Observe Only Tiny Portion Of What\ S Out \ In Island Knowledge Physicist Marcelo Gleiser Traces Our Search For Answers Most Fundamental Existence So Doing He Reaches Provocative Conclusion: Science Main Tool Use Find Fundamentally Limited These Limits Arise Both From Tools Exploration And Nature Physical Reality: Speed Light Uncertainty Principle Impossibility Seeing Beyond Cosmic Horizon Incompleteness Theorem Own Limitations Intelligent Species Recognizing This Way Argues Not Deterrent Progress Or Surrendering Religion Rather It Frees Us Question Meaning Universe While Affirming Central Role Life Ourselves Must Go On Its Reveals True Mission: Telling Dramatic Story Quest Understanding Offers Highly Original Ideas Some Greatest Thinkers History Plato Einstein They Affect Today Authoritative Broad-Ranging Intellectual Unique View Means Filled With Mystery Σελίδες: 368 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0104 Διαστάσεις: 13 8X13 8Cm