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Unnatural Nature of Science

By Lewis Wolpert

Book information

ISBN
0571169724, 9780674929814, 9780571169726, 0674929810, 0674929802, 9780674929807
LCC
Q175 .W737 1993
Open Library ID
OL1735534M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13426930 bytes)
Pages
201\201
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This book shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realise just how "unnatural" science actually is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the author argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and that common sense often makes no sense at all. A passionate advocate of the beauty and importance of science, the author examines a range of issues, including why science and technology are quite different, why psychoanalysis is not properly scientific and why philosophers and sociologists have made so little contribution to understanding science's true nature. He demonstrates the folly of holding scientists responsible for many of society's problems, and the equal folly of looking to science for a miracle cure.

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