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Anaximander: And the Nature of Science

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ISBN: 9780241635049
AuthorRovelli, Carlo
Pub Date23/02/2023
BindingTrade PB
Pages240
CountryGBR
Dewey182
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Quick overview Carlo Rovelli's first book, now widely available in English, tells the origin story of scientific thinking: our rebellious ability to reimagine the world, again and again.
€19.66

'Carlo Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator' Neil Gaiman

Over two thousand years ago, one man changed the way we see the world.

Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed in the heavens above and the Earth below.

Then, on the Ionian coast, a Greek philosopher named Anaximander set in motion a revolution. He not only conceived that the Earth floats in space, but also that animals evolve, that storms and earthquakes are natural, not supernatural, that the world can be mapped and, above all, that progress is made by the endless search for knowledge.

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'Carlo Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator' Neil Gaiman

Over two thousand years ago, one man changed the way we see the world.

Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed in the heavens above and the Earth below.

Then, on the Ionian coast, a Greek philosopher named Anaximander set in motion a revolution. He not only conceived that the Earth floats in space, but also that animals evolve, that storms and earthquakes are natural, not supernatural, that the world can be mapped and, above all, that progress is made by the endless search for knowledge.

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