Sinopsis
The trouble with science began in 1632, when Galileo demolished the belief that the earth is the centre of the universe. Yet despite the bewildering success of the scientific revolution, many continue to hanker after the cosy certainties of a man-centred universe, and young people increasingly turn away from science.
In The Trouble with Science, Professor Robin Dunbar launches a vigorous counter-blast. Drawing on studies of traditional societies and animal behaviour, his argument ranges from Charles Darwin to Nigerian Fulani herdsman, from lab rats to the mathematicians of ancient Babylonia. Along the way, he asks whether science really is unique to western culture - even to mankind - and suggests that our trouble with science may lie in the fact that evolution has left our minds better able to cope with day-to-day social interaction than with the complexities of the external world.
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Editorial: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571265190
Idioma: Inglés
Fecha de lanzamiento: 07/04/2011
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