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Science -- Miscellanea.
Intuition -- Miscellanea.
Scientists -- Anecdotes.
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Science -- Miscellanea.
Intuition -- Miscellanea.
Scientists -- Anecdotes.
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What we believe but cannot prove : today's leading thinkers on science in the age of certainty / edited by John Brockman ; with an introduction by Ian McEwan.
Harper Perennial, c2006.
Call #:
502
W555
Subjects
Science -- Miscellanea.
Intuition -- Miscellanea.
Scientists -- Anecdotes.
ISBN:
9780060841812 (pbk.)
0060841818 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Science in the age of certainty.
Description:
xvii, 252 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"More than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proof. Scientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, disparate bits of unconnected evidence, and educated leaps of faith. Some of the most potent beliefs among brilliant minds are based on supposition alone - yet that is enough to push those minds toward making the theory viable. John Brockman, the publisher of Edge (edge.org) asked a group of leading scientists and thinkers to answer the question: What do you believe to be true even though you cannot prove it? Here are the very best answers from the most distinguished contributors. Thought-provoking, this collection of bite-size thought experiments is a fascinating insight into the instinctive beliefs of some of the most brilliant minds today."--Provided by publisher.
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Brockman, John, 1941-
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