Brian Ridley: 3 books

Book cover of Wetenschap
by Brian Ridley
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003

Kan de wetenschap alles verklaren? Brian Ridley, zelf een natuurkundige, zoekt een antwoord op deze en andere vragen in deze boeiende studie naar zowel de reikwijdte als de grenzen van de wetenschap. Volgens Ridley ligt aan het wetenschappelijke denken een wereld van 'magische ideeën' ten grondslag,...
Book cover of On Science
by Brian Ridley
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2001

Can science explain everything? Brian Ridley, a physicist himself, explores this question and more in this compelling exploration of both the scope and limits of science. Tracing back to the roots of scientific thinking in a world of 'magical ideas', he argues that science shares more with magic than...
Book cover of Reforming Science

Reforming Science

Beyond Belief

by Brian Ridley
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016

In the 17th century Sir Francis Bacon advocated the patient study of Nature for the benefit of mankind. Most of science today, in its study of medicine, genetics, electronics etc., continues that pragmatic Baconian tradition without fuss. Over the years, however, as its investigation of Nature probed...
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