What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty by John Brockman, Ian McEwan

What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty

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John Brockman, Ian McEwan

252 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy science challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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More than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proof.Scientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, disparate bits of unconnected evidence, and educate...

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