Wondrous truths [electronic resource] : the improbable triumph of modern science / J.D. Trout.

Wondrous truths [electronic resource] : the improbable triumph of modern science / J.D. Trout.

9780199385102 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

©2016

English

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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199385072 doi

Q125 .T74 2016eb

509

Explaining the world around us, and the life within, is one of the most uniquely human drives, and the most celebrated activities of science. The central idea of this book is that modern science triumphed through an awkward assortment of accident and luck, geography and personal idiosyncrasy. 'Wondrous Truths' provides a fresh, daring, and genuine alternative to established views of scientific progress, and recovers at once the majesty of science and the grand sweep of big ideas.

Explaining the world around us, and the life within, is one of the most uniquely human drives, and the most celebrated activities of science. The central idea of this book is that modern science triumphed through an awkward assortment of accident and luck, geography and personal idiosyncrasy. 'Wondrous Truths' provides a fresh, daring, and genuine alternative to established views of scientific progress, and recovers at once the majesty of science and the grand sweep of big ideas.

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