To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science

作者 Steven Weinberg著
出版社 Harper
出版时间 2015年2月第1版
ISBN 9780062346650
定价 247.60

内容简介

Inthisrich，irreverent，compellinghistory，NobelPrize-winningphysicistStevenWeinbergtakesusfromancientMiletustomedievalBaghdadandOxford，fromPlato'sAcademyandtheMuseumofAlexandriatothecathedralschoolofChartresandtheRoyalSocietyofLondon.Heshowsthatthescientistsofancientandmedievaltimesnotonlydidnotunderstandwhatwenowknowabouttheworld，theydidnotunderstandwhatthereistobeunderstood，orhowtolearnit.Yetoverthecenturies，throughthestruggletosolvesuchmysteriesasthecuriousapparentbackwardmovementoftheplanetsortheriseandfallofthetides，scienceeventuallyemergedasamoderndiscipline.Alongtheway，Weinbergexamineshistoricclashesandcollaborationsbetweenscienceandthecompetingspheresofreligion，technology，poetry，mathematics，andphilosophy.Anilluminatingexplorationofhowwehavecometoconsiderandanalyzetheworldaroundus，ToExplaintheWorldisasweeping，ambitiousaccountofhowdifficultitwastodiscoverthegoalsandmethodsofmodernscience，andtheimpactofthisdiscoveryonhumanunderstandinganddevelopment.

作者简介

StevenWeinbergisatheoreticalphysicistandthewinneroftheNobelPrizeinPhysics,theNationalMedalofScience,theLewisThomasPrizefortheScientistasPoet,andnumeroushonorarydegreesandotherawards.HeisamemberoftheNationalAcademyofScience,theRoyalSocietyofLondon,theAmericanPhilosophicalSociety,andotheracademies.AlongtimecontributortoTheNewYorkReviewofBooks,heistheauthorofTheFirstThreeMinutes,DreamsofaFinalTheory,FacingUp,andLakeViews,aswellasleadingtreatisesontheoreticalphysics.HeholdstheJoseyRegentalChairinScienceattheUniversityofTexasatAustin.,

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