The Island of Knowledge The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning |
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| Author:
| Gleiser, Marcelo |
| ISBN: | 978-0-465-03171-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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To be human is to want to know, but what we are able to observe is only a tiny portion of what's "out there." In
The Island of Knowledge, physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence. In so doing, he reaches a provocative conclusion: science, the main tool we use to find answers, is fundamentally limited. Telling the dramatic story of our quest for understanding,
The Island of Knowledge offers...
More DescriptionTo be human is to want to know, but what we are able to observe is only a tiny portion of what's "out there." In The Island of Knowledge, physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence. In so doing, he reaches a provocative conclusion: science, the main tool we use to find answers, is fundamentally limited.
Telling the dramatic story of our quest for understanding, The Island of Knowledge offers a highly original exploration of the ideas of some of the greatest thinkers in history, from Plato to Einstein, and how they affect us today. An authoritative, broad-ranging intellectual history of our search for knowledge and meaning, The Island of Knowledge is a unique view of what it means to be human in a universe filled with mystery.