Поступления иностранных книг в библиотеки ННЦ в 2003 г.
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Ridley B.K. On science. - London: RoutledgeNew York, 2001. - X, 225 p.: ill.(ISBN 0-415-24980-5) - О науке.
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- Reminding us of the historical and intellectual origins of scientific thought, Ridley (physics, University of Essex) considers the scope and limits of science, relating science to magic, mathematics, and art. He also explores the diversity of opinion within the scientific community. Closing the book, Ridley ponders the utopian optimism of a scientific society, and the real social implications of a scientific sensibility. What are we to make of the attempts by recent science and scientists to find a theory of everything? Are there some things science just can't explain? Ridley, a physicist, explores these questions and more in this compelling exploration of both the scope and limits of science. Going back to the roots of scientific thinking in a world of magical ideals, he argues science shares more with magic than we are often led to believe.
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