The Knowledge Machine

How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science

The Knowledge Machine
Michael Strevens
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3 Feb 2022 UK
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9780141981260
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To grasp how science has transformed our world in the modern era, we must ask two important questions- why is science so powerful? And why did we take so long to invent it - two thousand years after the invention of philosophy and mathematics? The Knowledge Machine' s radical answer is that science calls on its practitioners to do something irrational- by wilfully ignoring theology, metaphysics and theoretical beauty - in essence, stripping all previous knowledge away - scientists channel unprecedented energy into observation and experiment. Like Yuval Noah Harari' s Sapiens or Thomas Kuhn' s 1962 classic The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The Knowledge Machine overturns what we thought we knew about the origins of the modern world.
Powerful, bracingly argued and important. There is something here for everyone -- for the expert, who will be challenged to rethink what science really is; for the layperson, who will rejoice in Strevens' s deft and witty storytelling; and for the student, who will find a friendly and authoritative guide to Newton, Einstein, Popper, Kuhn, and all that. -- Jim Holt, author of ' Why Does the World Exist? '
Michael Strevens is a professor of philosophy at New York University, and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017. He was born in New Zealand and has been writing about the philosophy of science for twenty-five years. He lives in New York.
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ISBN-13: 9780141981260
Published: 3 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 269g
Pages: 368

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