Review
...thought-provoking and well-written...an excellent introduction to a number of important questions residing at that interface where philosophy borders on science, and science becomes philosophical..
–Nature
The great value of this book is that it goes much further and deeper than a mere statement of principle ... - Jean-Marc Ley-Leblond, Physics World
Thought-provoking and well-written ... an excellent introduction to a number of important questions residing at that interface where philosophy borders on science, and science becomes philosophical. - John Casti, Nature
Brian Ridley's book is a work of value that explores, in a clear and accessible language to the layman, what science really knows about the universe, dispelling a number of scientific myths and inciting us to be prudent against forms of scientism and against scientific myths Revue Philosophique.
Misconceptions about what compirses science are rampant...as are misconceptions about what role science plays or should play in wider society. This book sets to right matters of this sort, about which the conventional wisdom is commonly wrong, and it does so at a level of language and sophistication.
–Journal of Scientific Exploration
The great value of this book is that it goes much further and deeper than a mere statement of principle....The book deserves to succeed and Ridley's arguments ought to be discussed..
–Physics World
This is clearly an important series. I look forward to reading future volumes.
–Frank Kermode
–Nature
The great value of this book is that it goes much further and deeper than a mere statement of principle ... - Jean-Marc Ley-Leblond, Physics World
Thought-provoking and well-written ... an excellent introduction to a number of important questions residing at that interface where philosophy borders on science, and science becomes philosophical. - John Casti, Nature
Brian Ridley's book is a work of value that explores, in a clear and accessible language to the layman, what science really knows about the universe, dispelling a number of scientific myths and inciting us to be prudent against forms of scientism and against scientific myths Revue Philosophique.
Misconceptions about what compirses science are rampant...as are misconceptions about what role science plays or should play in wider society. This book sets to right matters of this sort, about which the conventional wisdom is commonly wrong, and it does so at a level of language and sophistication.
–Journal of Scientific Exploration
The great value of this book is that it goes much further and deeper than a mere statement of principle....The book deserves to succeed and Ridley's arguments ought to be discussed..
–Physics World
This is clearly an important series. I look forward to reading future volumes.
–Frank Kermode
Product Description
What are we to make of the attempts by recent science and scientists to find a theory of everything? Are there some things science just can't explain? Ridley, a physicist, explores these questions and more in this compelling exploration of both the scope and limits of science. Going back to the roots of scientific thinking in a world of magical ideals, he argues science shares more with magic than we are often led to believe.
