The Great Unknown
Marcus du Sautoy
"Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting." —Bill Bryson
A captivating journey to the outer reaches of human knowledge by the popular presenter of Netflix's The Story of Maths
Ever since the dawn of civilization we have been driven by a desire to know—to understand the physical world and the laws of nature. But are there limits to human knowledge? Are some things simply beyond the predictive powers of science? Or are those challenges the next big discovery waiting to happen?
In The Great Unknown, one of the world's most beloved mathematicians takes us into the minds of science's greatest innovators as he probes the many deep mysteries we have yet to solve. He reminds us that major breakthroughs were often ridiculed at the time of their discovery and takes us on a whirlwind tour of seven frontiers of knowledge, where scientists are grappling with the unknown. Can you locate...
A captivating journey to the outer reaches of human knowledge by the popular presenter of Netflix's The Story of Maths
Ever since the dawn of civilization we have been driven by a desire to know—to understand the physical world and the laws of nature. But are there limits to human knowledge? Are some things simply beyond the predictive powers of science? Or are those challenges the next big discovery waiting to happen?
In The Great Unknown, one of the world's most beloved mathematicians takes us into the minds of science's greatest innovators as he probes the many deep mysteries we have yet to solve. He reminds us that major breakthroughs were often ridiculed at the time of their discovery and takes us on a whirlwind tour of seven frontiers of knowledge, where scientists are grappling with the unknown. Can you locate...
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Year:
2017
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0735221812
ISBN 13:
9782016056837
File:
EPUB, 346.17 MB
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english, 2017