Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger was one of the most distinguished scientists and philosophers of the twentieth century, and his lectures are legendary. Here the texts of two of Schrödinger's most famous lecture series are made available again. In the first, entitled "Nature and the Greeks," Schrödinger offers a historical account of the scientific world picture. In the second, called "Science and Humanism," he addresses fundamental questions about the link between scientific and spiritual matters. As Roger Penrose confirms, these are the profound thoughts of a great mind, and as relevant today as when they were first published in the 1950s.
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The texts of two of Schrödinger's most famous lecture series are made available again. In "Nature and the Greeks," he offers an historical account of the scientific world picture. In "Science and Humanism," he addresses fundamental questions about the link between scientific and spiritual matters.
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Thoughts of a Distinguished Scientist,
This review is from: 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' (Canto original series) (Paperback)
Erwin Schrodinger was a major contributor to the development of quantum physics. He, Werner Heisenberg, and many other giants of modern scientific thought, were very conscious of their enormous intellectual debt to Greek philosophy. Shrodinger's lectures on Greek ideas about Reason and the Senses, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, the Atomists, and much more besides, is a wonderful historic account that enables contemporary readers to understand and appreciate the forgotten grounding of science within philosophy.
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What the world owes to the Greeks.....,
By Mastorna "8 1/2" (Dominican Republic) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' (Canto original series) (Paperback)
It would be cumbersome to detail the rich path which this book has led me through after reading it (in Spanish) more than 15 years ago.
The author attributes an almost ethical imperative to understanding the Greek comprehension of nature as intrinsically intelligible, thus, placing nature within the scope of predictability and out of the monopoly of divine whim. This unique approach he rightfully, acknowledges to have originated exclusively and for the first time among the Greeks. A superb little book, great to wake up young inquisitive (divergent-thinking) minds to the owe and enjoyment hidden in every nook and cranny of the intellect.
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When, early in 1948, I set out to deliver a course of public lectures on the subject dealt with here, I still felt the urgent need of prefacing them with ample explanations and excuses. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dyadic fraction, maximum knowledge, continuous description, remaining set Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Oxford University Press, Bertrand Russell, Ernst Mach, Die Fragmente, Ernst Cassirer, One Thing New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell on page 4, and page 99
- Early Greek Philosophy by John Burnet on page 20, and page 99
- Man on his Nature by Charles Sherrington on page 66, and page 79
- The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein on page 152
- The Nature of the Physical World by A. S. Eddington on page 170
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