To explain the world : the discovery of modern science
Weinberg, Steven, 1933-2015
Book
Pre-eminent theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg offers a rich and irreverent history of science from a unique perspective - that of a scientist. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, he shows that the scientists of the past not only didn't understand what we understand about the world - they didn't understand what there is to understand. Yet eventually, through the struggle to solve such mysteries as the backward movement of the planets and the rise and fall of tides, the modern discipline of science emerged.
Main title:
To explain the world : the discovery of modern science / Steven Weinberg.
Author:
Weinberg, Steven, 1933-, author
Imprint:
UK : Allen Lane, 2015.UK : Allen Lane, 2015.
Collation:
xiv, 416 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241196625 (hbk)
Dewey class:
509
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1702578