Introducing Philosophy of Science: A Graphic Guide (PAPERBACK)
Ziauddin Sardar
Borin Van Loon
UK £6.99,Canada $12.50,
UK Publication September 2011
ISBN 9781848312968
Page Extent 176
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Compact INTRODUCING guide to the theory behind science.
Our world is inconceivable without science. Its discoveries benefit us - antibiotics, computers, space travel, gene-mapping - and reveal the secrets of human evolution, the cosmos and our place in it. Science also threatens us with the risks of nuclear holocaust, eugenics and the pollution of our ecosystem. How do we reconcile the advantages of science with its perils? What do scientists actually do? Is science 'value-free'? How has science evolved through history? Where is science leading us?
Introducing Science explores these troubling questions, revealing how science itself and our approach to studying science has changed radically over the last few decades. Zia Sardar and Borin Van Loon trace the development of the Philosophy of Science from its origins in the ideas of Thomas Kuhn, Karl Popper, Paul Feyerabend and others. Introducing Philosophy of Science is a clear and incisively illustrated anatomy of science. It is essential reading for the layman, students and scientists themselves.
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Ziauddin Sardar is a prominent journalist and author. Prolific and polymathic, he is a regular contributor to the New Statesman and The Observer. He presented The Battle for Islam on BBC Two in September 2005. His most recent books are Desperately Seeking Paradise and Balti Britain (Granta).See more books by: Ziauddin Sardar
Borin Van Loon has worked on numerous Introducing titles. He is a freelance illustrator, surrealist painter and collagist who produces the comic strip 'The Severed Head' for The Chap magazine.
See more books by: Borin Van Loon
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Other editions / related titles:
Introducing Einstein
Introducing Philosophy
Introducing Science
Introducing The Enlightenment
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